Pre-op IV fluids may keep blood pressure stable during surgery
NCT ID NCT05079269
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether giving IV fluids before surgery can prevent low blood pressure after anesthesia is started. Researchers will monitor 550 adults at risk for blood pressure drops during major non-cardiac surgery. The goal is to see if this simple step reduces the need for emergency medications and improves patient outcomes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Crystalloid solutions (IV fluids)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple way to reduce blood pressure drops during surgery, potentially improving recovery.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage observational study, not a treatment trial. Results may not change standard care, and individual responses to fluids 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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550 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2021
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2025
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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45 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: 1. Scheduled for major non-cardiac surgery 2. Having general anaesthesia 3. Are designated ASA physical status ≥2 (ranging from mild systemic disease through severe systemic disease that is a constant threat to life) 4. Subject to at least one of the following risk factors: 1. Age ≥ 65 years 2. History of peripheral arterial surgery 3. History of coronary artery disease 4. History of stroke or transient ischemic attack 5. Serum creatinine \>175 µmol/L (\>2.0 mg/dl) 6. Diabetes requiring medication 7. Current smoking or 15 pack-year history of smoking tobacco 8. Preoperative high-sensitivity troponin T \>14 ng/L or troponin I equivalent, defined as ≥15 ng/L (Abbott assay),75 19 ng/L (Siemens assay, \[Borges, unpublished\]), or 25% of the 99% percentile for other assays; 9. B-type natriuretic protein (BNP) ≥ 80 ng/L or N-terminal B-type natriuretic protein (NT-ProBNP) ≥ 200 ng/L.76,77 10. History of atrial fibrillation 11. Chronically taking at least one anti-hypertensive medication Exclusion Criteria: 1. Are scheduled for carotid artery surgery 2. Are scheduled for intracranial surgery 3. Are scheduled for pheochromocytoma surgery 4. Require preoperative intravenous vasoactive medications 5. Active decompensated congestive heart failure (documented EF \< 30%) 6. Chronic Kidney Disease (eGFR\< 30 mL/min) 7. History of organ transplantation 8. Rectal surgical procedures 9. Patients receiving preoperative bowel preparation 10. Severe pulmonary edema
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Medical University Graz
Graz, Styria, 8036, Austria
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Medical University Vienna
Vienna, State of Vienna, Austria
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