Pain monitor aims to cut opioid use during surgery
NCT ID NCT04402242
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a device called the NOL monitor, which measures pain levels during anesthesia. The goal was to see if using this monitor could help doctors give less remifentanil (a strong painkiller) during major abdominal surgery. The study planned to include 90 adults, but it was stopped early, so the results are not complete.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that NOL monitoring helps tailor pain medication during surgery, potentially reducing side effects.
- What could go wrong
- The study was terminated early, so we don't have enough data to know if it works. It was also a small, single-center trial.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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90 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2021
- Finished
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Jul 2023
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 18 years old * American Society of Anesthesiologists score (ASA) I, II or III stable * Laparotomy or laparoscopy for major, planned, digestive, urological or gynecological surgery under total intravenous anesthesia (expected total duration \> 90 minutes) * Having sign an informed consent form prior to any study specific procedure * Being covered by a national health insurance Non-Inclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy/lactation * Patient with antiarrhythmic agents * Patient with Central nervous system disorder * Patient with veinous approach difficulties * Patient at risk of difficult mask ventilation or difficult intubation * Concomitant use of any type of anesthesia other than general anesthesia (epidural anesthesia, spinal anesthesia, wall block, pericatricial infiltration). Wall blocks and pericatricial infiltrations are allowed if they are carried out at the end of the intervention * Allergy or intolerance to any of the study drugs * Patient not understanding French language * Being deprived of liberty or under guardianship Exclusion Criteria: * Patient requiring the administration of succinylcholine * Patient with hemodynamic abnormality just before induction of anesthesia (mean arterial pressure \< 65 mm Hg or \> 110 mm Hg, heart rate \< 45/min or \> 90/min * Concomitant use of any type of anesthesia other than general anesthesia (epidural anesthesia, spinal anesthesia, wall block, pericatricial infiltration). Wall blocks and pericatricial infiltrations are allowed if they are carried out at the end of the intervention * Concomitant use of IV lidocaine or continuous ketamine (IV, SE) during anaesthesia
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Foch Hospital
Suresnes, France, 92150, France
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Hopital d'Instruction des Armées de Bégin
Saint-Mandé, Saint Mandé, 94160, France
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Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées - Sainte-Anne
Toulon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region, 83800, France
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