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Desflurane or Propofol Anesthesia in Elderly Obese Patients Undergoing Total Knee Replacement

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01270620

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Official title

Desflurane or Propofol Anesthesia in Elderly Obese Patients Undergoing Total Knee Replacement: A Pilot Assessment of Short-term and Long-term Differences in Outcome

Brief summary

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You are invited to participate in a research study assessing your mental status in the first days after your surgery and how you will be doing in the 2 years following the surgery. The investigators hope to learn more about the incidence of postoperative confusion and a possible relation with 2 anesthesia techniques that are routinely used. The first one is an anesthesia technique that uses the inhaled anesthetic gas desflurane and the second one is an anesthesia technique that uses the anesthetic propofol administered by infusion in a vein. The investigators are also looking to see if there is a relationship between anesthesia technique and cardiovascular outcomes. You were selected as a possible participant in this study because at your age this phenomenon appears to have a greater incidence.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT01270620
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Lead sponsor
Pedro Paulo Tanaka
Other
Enrollment
100 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
65 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Nov 30, 2010
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2015
Completion
Jun 30, 2015
Last update posted
Oct 21, 2015

2010 – 2015

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford California 94305 —

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