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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

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Registration number
NCT02353182
Ethics application status
Date submitted
26/01/2015
Date registered
2/02/2015
Date last updated
26/10/2016

Titles & IDs
Public title
The T REX Pilot Study: a Study to Investigate the Use of an Alternative Anaesthetic in Infants.
Scientific title
An Open Label Pilot Study of Feasibility of a Dexmedetomidine-Remifentanil-Caudal Anaesthetic for Infant Lower Abdominal/Lower Extremity Surgery: The TREX Pilot Study
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
35014
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Surgical Procedures, Operative 0 0
Condition category
Condition code

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Dexmedetomidine
Treatment: Drugs - Remifentanil
Treatment: Drugs - Bupivacaine
Treatment: Drugs - Ropivacaine

Experimental: Active open label single arm - Dexmedetomidine- remifentanil- caudal based anaesthetic for lower abdominal/lower extremity surgery.

Dexmedetomidine (Precedex): loading dose: 1 mcg/kg over 10 minutes. Infusion: Start 1 mcg/kg/hr; titrate up or down within 50% of starting doses as needed

Remifentanil (Ultiva): loading dose: 1 mcg/kg over 1-2 minutes. Infusion: Start at 0.2 mcg/kg/min. Titrate up or down (max 0.5 mcg/kg/min) as needed

Caudal- Bupivacaine (Marcaine) 0.175%-0.25% or Ropivacaine (Naropin) 0.2% with dose at discretion of anaesthetist


Treatment: Drugs: Dexmedetomidine
Loading dose:1 mcg/kg over 10 minutes. Infusion: Start 1-1.5 mcg/kg/hr. Titrate up or down within 50% of starting doses as needed.

Treatment: Drugs: Remifentanil
Loading dose: 1 mcg/kg over 1-2 minutes. Infusion: Start at 0.2-0.5 mcg/kg/min. Titrate up or down (max 0.5 mcg/kg/min) as needed.

Treatment: Drugs: Bupivacaine
Administered in caudal/epidural/field block: 0.175%-0.25% (dose at discretion of anaesthetist)

Treatment: Drugs: Ropivacaine
Administered in caudal/epidural/field block: 0.2% (dose at discretion of anaesthetist)
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Number of participants who need for intervention for light anaesthesia
Timepoint [1] 0 0
120 minutes (duration of surgery)
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Number of participants who need for intervention for haemodynamic changes
Timepoint [1] 0 0
120 minutes (duration of surgery)
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Time to recovery after anaesthesia
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Time from last dressing to: eye opening, removal of airway device, first feed, and a modified Aldrete Score of 9-10 (average 30 minutes-4 hours)
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Number of participants who have respiratory complications
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Start of anaesthesia until discharge from PACU (average 1-4 hours)
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Number of participants who have pain after anaesthesia
Timepoint [4] 0 0
End of surgery until discharge from PACU ( average 1-4 hours)
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Number of participants who require rescue analgesia in PACU
Timepoint [5] 0 0
End of surgery until discharge from PACU (average 1-4 hours)

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Infants aged 1 to 12 months (corrected age)
* ASA I or II
* Infants undergoing lower abdominal/lower extremity surgery anticipated to be > 120 minutes in duration
* Surgery requires caudal regional nerve block
Minimum age
1 Month
Maximum age
12 Months
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* ASA III or higher
* Any contraindication to caudal analgesia
* Any contraindication to an inhalational induction with sevoflurane
* Allergies to any medication in study protocol
* Planned admission to an ICU postoperatively (except level II or III neonatal ICU)
* Planned tracheal intubation postoperatively
* Mechanical ventilation postoperatively

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Not applicable
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Single group
Other design features
Phase
Phase 4
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/05/2015
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/09/2016
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
60
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
VIC
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Royal Children's Hospital - Parkville
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
3052 - Parkville
Recruitment outside Australia
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United States of America
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Ohio
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United States of America
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Oregon
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United States of America
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Texas
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Singapore
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Singapore

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Address
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Other collaborator category [1] 0 0
Other
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Baylor College of Medicine
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Other
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Boston Children's Hospital
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Other
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Oregon Health and Science University
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Other
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The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
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Other
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UMC Utrecht
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Other
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Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
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Other
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Other
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Sydney Children's Hospitals Network
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Other
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The Cleveland Clinic
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Other
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Princess Margaret Hospital for Children
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Other
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University Hospital, Geneva
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Other
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Starship Children's Health
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Other
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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Other
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Gaslini Children's Hospital
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Government body
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KK Women's and Children's Hospital
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Animal studies suggest general anaesthetics harm the developing brain. It is unclear if these findings are relevant to humans but the issue has become a major concern. Recent data have found that monkeys exposed to anaesthesia as infants grow up to have slower learning than those not exposed.

The aim of the TREX pilot study is to determine the feasibility of an alternative anaesthetic regimen for lower abdominal/lower extremity surgery in infants 1-12 months of age.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02353182
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Contacts
Principal investigator
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Andrew J Davidson, MD
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Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02353182