Timing muscle relaxants for safer thyroid surgery
NCT ID NCT05126108
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looked at 50 adults having thyroid or parathyroid surgery to see how quickly the muscle relaxant rocuronium wears off. Doctors need the drug to be gone so they can monitor a nerve that controls the voice box during surgery. The goal was to find the best timing for giving the relaxant without interfering with nerve monitoring.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- rocuronium
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help anesthesiologists time muscle relaxant use better for safer nerve monitoring during neck surgeries.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed observational study (50 patients) that only looks at timing of drug clearance, not a new treatment. Results may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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50 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2022
- Finished
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May 2022
- 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.
Who is studied
Major, non-morbidly obese patients (BMI\<35) requiring general anesthesia with intubation with a Nerve Integrity Monitor (NIM) tube for thyroid and parathyroid surgery.
- 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: * Adult subjects requiring general anesthesia for cephalic surgery (thyroid and parathyroid) with an NIM-type intubation tube. * Subject informed of the study and not having opposed it Exclusion Criteria: * Allergy to any of the products used * Morbidly obese subjects (BMI\> 35) * Pregnancy * Predictive criteria for difficult intubation in pre-anesthetic consultation * Subjects under tutorship or curatorship * Subjects not affiliated to social security
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Surgical anesthesia service - Cochin Hospital
Paris, IDF, 75014, France
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