Using Preoperative Anxiety Score to Determine the Precise Dose of Butorphanol for Sedation

Overview

Pre-operative anxiety usually lead to increased anesthetics during the surgery. The precise sedative requirement which can keep adequate sedative state and avoid adverse effects caused by excessive drugs still needs further study. Therefore, our purpose was to confirm the sedative effect of butorphanol and to explore the relationship between pre-operative anxiety and intra-operative butorphanol requirement to evaluate the precise sedative requirement which can keep adequate sedation for patients by pre-operative anxiety score.

Full Title of Study: “Using Pre-operative Anxiety Score to Determine the Precise Dose of Butorphanol in Patients Undergoing Orthopedic Procedures: A Double-blinded Randomized Trial”

Study Type

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design
    • Allocation: Randomized
    • Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
    • Primary Purpose: Treatment
    • Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
  • Study Primary Completion Date: February 20, 2019

Detailed Description

A total of 142 patients (aged 18-75 years) who were scheduled for elective low limb orthopedic procedures under spinal anesthesia were included in this study. Patients were divided into two groups based on pre-operative anxiety score evaluated by the Amsterdam pre-operative anxiety and information scale before the surgery. And intramuscular midazolam 0.05mg/kg as a premedication in preoperative room was given to patients before shifting into operation room. Patients in each group were randomly divided into butorphanol group and 0.9% saline group. The sedation score, the duration of reaching adequate sedation state and postoperative recovery were recorded.

Interventions

  • Drug: Butorphanol
    • intravenous loading dose of 15ug/kg butorphanol 5 mins before starting the surgery, then followed by infusion of 7.5ug/kg/h butorphanol and stopped infusion when the Ramsay sedation score (RSS) reached 4
  • Other: Physiological saline
    • intravenous infusion of the same volume of 0.9% saline

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • Experimental: High anxiety butorphanol group
    • preoperative anxiety score of Amsterdam pre-operative anxiety and information scale(APAIS) in high anxiety butorphanol group were >10,and received an intravenous loading dose of 15ug/kg butorphanol 5 mins before starting the surgery, then followed by infusion of 7.5ug/kg/h butorphanol and stopped infusion when the Ramsay sedation score (RSS) reached 4
  • Placebo Comparator: High anxiety 0.9% saline group
    • preoperative anxiety score of Amsterdam pre-operative anxiety and information scale(APAIS) in high anxiety 0.9% saline group were >10, and received an infusion of the same volume of 0.9% saline
  • Experimental: Low anxiety butorphanol group
    • preoperative anxiety score of Amsterdam pre-operative anxiety and information scale(APAIS) in low anxiety butorphanol group were ≤10,and received an intravenous loading dose of 15ug/kg butorphanol 5 mins before starting the surgery, then followed by infusion of 7.5ug/kg/h butorphanol and stopped infusion when the Ramsay sedation score (RSS) reached 4
  • Placebo Comparator: Low anxiety 0.9% saline group
    • preoperative anxiety score of Amsterdam pre-operative anxiety and information scale(APAIS) in low anxiety 0.9% saline group were ≤10, and received an infusion of the same volume of 0.9% saline

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • preoperative anxiety score assessed by the Amsterdam preoperative anxiety and information scale (APAIS)”.
    • Time Frame: before the surgery
    • evaluate the preoperative anxiety score before the surgery, APAIS contains 6 items rated on a five-point Likert scale, which represents two scales: anxiety (items 1, 2, 4, and 5) and need for information (items 3 and 6) Accordingly, the maximal score of the entire APAIS (APAIS-T) is 30 and the one expressing the patient’s need for information (APAIS-I) is 10. The maximal score of the two items concerning anxiety about anesthesia (APAIS-A-An) and surgery (APAIS-A-Su) is also 10 each, resulting in a maximal score of 20 for total preoperative anxiety (APAIS-A-T). And APAIS-A-T > 10 was used as a cut-off to define patients with high anxiety, the higher the score, the more serious the pre-operative anxiety is
  • Ramsay Sedation score
    • Time Frame: during the surgery
    • evaluate the Ramsay sedation score 10min after getting into the operation room and 5,10,15,30min after infusion.The Ramsay Sedation score ranges from 1-6. 1, anxious and agitated or restless or both; 2, cooperative, orientated, and tranquil; 3, responds to commands only; 4, brisk response to a light glabellar tap or auditory stimulus; 5, sluggish response to a light glabellar tap or auditory stimulus; and 6, no response to a light glabellar tap or auditory stimulus
  • The time when Ramsay sedation score reached 4 points
    • Time Frame: Ramsay sedation score reach 4 points during the surgery
    • record the time when Ramsay sedation score reached 4 points.The Ramsay Sedation score ranges from 1-6. 1, anxious and agitated or restless or both; 2, cooperative, orientated, and tranquil; 3, responds to commands only; 4, brisk response to a light glabellar tap or auditory stimulus; 5, sluggish response to a light glabellar tap or auditory stimulus; and 6, no response to a light glabellar tap or auditory stimulus
  • vital signs
    • Time Frame: during the surgery
    • Record Mean Arterial Pressure(MAP)10min after getting into the operation room and 5,10,15,30min after infusion

Secondary Measures

  • vital signs
    • Time Frame: during the surgery
    • Record SPO2 10min after getting into the operation room and 5,10,15,30min after infusion
  • Vital signs
    • Time Frame: during the surgery
    • Record Heart Rate(HR) 10min after getting into the operation room and 5,10,15,30min after infusion
  • The incidence of nausea/vomiting dizzy bradycardia and hypotension
    • Time Frame: first day after the surgery
    • investigate the incidence of nausea/vomiting dizzy bradycardia and hypotension in the first day after the surgery
  • post operative visual analgesia scale scores (VAS)
    • Time Frame: within 24 hours after the surgery
    • assess the visual analgesia scale scores (VAS) every hour till 6 h and then every 2 h till 24 h
  • postoperative patient satisfaction
    • Time Frame: first day after the surgery
    • Patient satisfaction was recorded on 5 levels: a) agreeable experience; b) neither pleasant nor unpleasant; c) slightly uncomfortable; d) disagreeable; e) a traumatic experience.

Participating in This Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria

  • ASA Ⅰ-Ⅱ – age 18-75 years – surgical operation of lower extremities in orthopedics – no contraindication of epidural anesthesia Exclusion Criteria:

  • with central system disease – with cardiovascular disease – with autonomic nervous system disease – long term use of analgesic drugs ,sedative drugs,and anti-anxiety drugs – language barrier – unwilling to cooperate with the experimenter

Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: 18 Years

Maximum Age: 75 Years

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: No

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • Shengjing Hospital
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Principal Investigator: Yanchao Yang, Principal Investigator – Shengjing Hospital
  • Overall Official(s)
    • Zhu junchao, doctor, Study Director, Shengjing Hospital

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