Opioid-Free anesthesia may keep blood pressure steady during brain surgery
NCT ID NCT06791811
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compared opioid-free anesthesia (using dexmedetomidine and lidocaine) to standard opioid anesthesia in 86 adults having brain tumor surgery. The goal was to see if the opioid-free approach better controlled blood pressure during stressful moments like drilling into the skull. Researchers measured how many patients had a big blood pressure spike during the procedure.
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Study facts
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- 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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86 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Finished
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Aug 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 50 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. ASA Ι and II. 2. Patients undergoing resection of supratentorial tumors in supine position. 3. Age (18-50) years. 4. Both sexes. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Impaired renal functions. 2. Uncontrolled systemic hypertension(patients with sustained elevated blood pressure more than 140/90). 3. Cardiac arrhythmias (any rhythm other than normal sinus rhythm and sinus tachycardia). 4. Heart failure(impaired cardiac contractility ,EF less than 45%.). 5. Patients receiving more than 2 units of blood during surgery. 6. Patients with large masses and expected severe increase in ICP. 7. Patients requiring vasopressors infusion. 8. The need for postoperative ventilation at the end of study. 9. Glasgow coma scale less than 14. 10. History of allergy to the study drugs. 11. Surgeries lasting more than 4 hours. 12. Pregnancy. 13. Bronchial asthma.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cairo University
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, 11742, Egypt