Status:

COMPLETED

Dexmedetomidine Pharmacokinetics in the Obese

Lead Sponsor:

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Conditions:

Obesity

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-60 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to characterize, using two different modeling approaches, one based on purely statistic concept and one using a more mechanistic analysis, the influence of body weight and com...

Detailed Description

Twenty obese patients and 20 non-obese patients scheduled for elective laparoscopic surgery will give dexmedetomidine 0.5 μg.kg-1 over 10 minutes and then randomized to either dexmedetomidine 0.25 mcg...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • American Society Anesthesiologist classification I-III patients
  • between 18 and 60 years of age
  • scheduled for elective laparoscopic surgery
  • obese patients with a BMI \>35 kg m-2 (20 patients)
  • non-obese patients (BMI 18.5-25 kg m-2)(20 patients)

Exclusion

  • known allergy to study drugs
  • uncontrolled hypertension
  • heart block greater than first degree
  • those who had taken any drug acting in the central nervous system 24 h before surgery

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2012

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

40 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02187068

Start Date

April 1 2012

End Date

May 1 2014

Last Update

July 10 2014

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Hospital Clinico Pontificia Universidad Catolica

Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile