Push-Button sedation: could patients control their own calm during surgery?
NCT ID NCT07661810
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study will test whether letting patients control their own sedation during hip replacement surgery is better than having a doctor control it. About 104 adults will be randomly assigned to either press a button for extra sedation or have a clinician adjust the medication. The goal is to see if patient-controlled sedation uses less drug and keeps patients just as comfortable.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- remimazolam
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could give patients more comfort and control during surgery while using less sedation medication.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial that has not yet started recruiting. The patient-controlled method may not work as well as expected, and there is a risk of over- or under-sedation.
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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 104 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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May 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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19 to 70 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: * Patients aged 19 to 70 years with an ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) physical status of I or II who are undergoing primary hip arthroplasty under spinal anesthesia. Exclusion Criteria: * Refusal to participate in the study * Patients with contraindications to spinal anesthesia * Patients who do not consent to intraoperative sedation * Patients with contraindications to remimazolam * Patients with a history of allergy or hypersensitivity to remimazolam * Patients with a baseline MOAA/S (Modified Observer's Assessment of Alertness/Sedation) score of 4 or lower * Pregnant women
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