Acceleromyographic Assessment of Neuromuscular Blockade: TOF-Watch-SX Versus TOFscan
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Muscle relaxants are administered to most patients undergoing general anesthesia in order to facilitate the placement of an endotracheal tube and improve operating conditions. Despite routine reversal of these agents, many patients arrive in the recovery room with evidence of residual muscle weakness. Many studies have demonstrated that residual neuromuscular blockade (weakness) is a common occurrence after surgery. The only method of reliably detecting the presence of perioperative neuromuscular blockade is through the use of quantitative neuromuscular monitors. These devices measure and quantify the degree of muscle weakness and display the results on a screen. When using train-of-four (TOF) nerve stimulation, the ratio of the fourth muscle contraction (twitch) to the first twitch will be displayed; when this ratio is 90% (or 0.9) or greater, full recovery of muscle strength is present, and the endotracheal tube can be safely removed. At the present time, there is only one commercially-available stand-alone quantitative monitor available in the United States -the TOF-Watch (an acceleromyography device). It is not used by many clinicians because it requires experience to obtain accurate results, is expensive, and is subject to interference by factors in the operating room. The aim of this investigation is to examine a new quantitative monitor, the TOFscan (a new three dimensional acceleromyography device). In order to study the accuracy of this new device, the TOFscan will be compared to the current "clinical gold standard", the TOF-Watch-SX.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02433769
- Recruitment status
- Not listed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Enrollment
- 30 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 75 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Mar 31, 2015
- Primary completion
- Nov 30, 2016
- Completion
- Apr 30, 2017
- Last update posted
- Apr 11, 2017
2015 – 2017
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NorthShore University HealthSystem | Evanston | Illinois | 60201 | — |
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