Heart surgery without opioids: a safer path to recovery?
NCT ID NCT07618130
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study compares opioid-free anesthesia to standard opioid-based anesthesia in 400 adults having elective heart surgery. The goal is to see if avoiding opioids can reduce both short-term and long-term pain, while also lowering side effects like delirium and nausea. Patients will be randomly assigned to one of two groups, and pain levels will be tracked for 48 hours after surgery and again at 3 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Opioid-free anesthesia (a mix of non-opioid drugs and nerve blocks)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a safer way to manage pain after heart surgery, reducing the risk of addiction and side effects like nausea or confusion.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage trial with no phase assigned, so results are uncertain. The opioid-free approach may not control pain as well as standard methods, and individual responses can vary.
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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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About 400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jul 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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 to 99 years
- 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: * elective cardiac surgery patients Exclusion Criteria: * Emergecy cardiac surgery patients
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Clinical Center of Serbia
Belgrade, Serbia