INDUCT-Multi is a multicenter randomized trial investigating whether continuous, compared to bolus, administration of norepinephrine during induction of general anesthesia reduces postinduction hypotension in high-risk non-cardiac surgery patients.
Hypotension after induction of general anesthesia, referred to as postinduction hypotension, is common in patients having non-cardiac surgery and is associated with acute kidney injury. Risk factors for postinduction hypotension include older age, higher American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status, chronic arterial hypertension - and higher doses of vasodilating anesthetic drugs. It is reasonable to assume that careful anesthetic management can help maintain blood pressure stability and limit postinduction hypotension. Consistent with this assumption, continuous blood pressure monitoring with an arterial catheter during induction of general anesthesia helps clinicians reduce postinduction hypotension - and is thus recommended in non-cardiac surgery patients at risk for hypotension-related complications. Besides continuous monitoring, anesthesiologists routinely give vasopressors - such as norepinephrine - to maintain blood pressure. Norepinephrine is a fast acting vasopressor with a short half-life and is usually given as repeated manual boluses during induction of general anesthesia. Given as a bolus, it effectively and rapidly increases blood pressure. However, boluses need to be frequently repeated and well-timed to ensure blood pressure stability. In a single-center randomized trial, we demonstrated that continuous - compared to bolus - administration of norepinephrine during induction of general anesthesia helps maintain blood pressure stability in high-risk non cardiac surgery patients. We now aim to test the hypothesis that continuous - compared to bolus - administration of norepinephrine during induction of general anesthesia reduces postinduction hypotension in high-risk non-cardiac surgery patients who have continuous blood pressure monitoring with an arterial catheter.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
446
In patients assigned to continuous administration of norepinephrine, a syringe infusion pump will be prepared and connected to a peripheral or central venous catheter. The responsible anesthesiologist will start the norepinephrine infusion and adjust the infusion rate as necessary and may administer additional norepinephrine boluses via the syringe infusion pump if required.
Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
RECRUITINGDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Giessen, Justus-Liebig University Giessen
Giessen, Germany
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGDepartment of Anesthesiology, Center of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany
Area under a mean arterial pressure (MAP) of 65 mmHg (mmHg x min)
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Area under a MAP of 60 mmHg (mmHg x min)
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Area under a MAP of 50 mmHg (mmHg x min)
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Area under a MAP of 40 mmHg (mmHg x min)
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Area above a MAP of 100 mmHg (mmHg x min)
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Area above a MAP of 110 mmHg (mmHg x min)
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Area above a MAP of 120 mmHg (mmHg x min)
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
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Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital LMU Munich
München, Germany
RECRUITINGArea above a MAP of 140 mmHg (mmHg x min)
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Duration of a MAP <65 mmHg (min)
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Duration of a MAP <60 mmHg (min)
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Duration of a MAP <50 mmHg (min)
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Duration of a MAP <40 mmHg (min)
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Duration of a MAP >100 mmHg (min)
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Duration of a MAP >110 mmHg (min)
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Duration of a MAP >120 mmHg (min)
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Duration of a MAP >140 mmHg (min)
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Absolute (n) and relative (%) number of patients with any MAP measurement <65 mmHg
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Absolute (n) and relative (%) number of patients with any MAP measurement <60 mmHg
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Absolute (n) and relative (%) number of patients with any MAP measurement <50 mmHg
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Absolute (n) and relative (%) number of patients with any MAP measurement <40 mmHg
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Absolute (n) and relative (%) number of patients with any MAP measurement >100 mmHg
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Absolute (n) and relative (%) number of patients with any MAP measurement >110 mmHg
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Absolute (n) and relative (%) number of patients with any MAP measurement >120 mmHg
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Absolute (n) and relative (%) number of patients with any MAP measurement >140 mmHg
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Absolute (n) and relative (%) number of patients with at least one 1-minute episode of a MAP <65 mmHg
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Absolute (n) and relative (%) number of patients with at least one 1-minute episode of a MAP <60 mmHg
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Absolute (n) and relative (%) number of patients with at least one 1-minute episode of a MAP <50 mmHg
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Absolute (n) and relative (%) number of patients with at least one 1-minute episode of a MAP <40 mmHg
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Absolute (n) and relative (%) number of patients with at least one 1-minute episode of a MAP >100 mmHg
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Absolute (n) and relative (%) number of patients with at least one 1-minute episode of a MAP >110 mmHg
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Absolute (n) and relative (%) number of patients with at least one 1-minute episode of a MAP >120 mmHg
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Absolute (n) and relative (%) number of patients with at least one 1-minute episode of a MAP >140 mmHg
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.
Cumulative dose of norepinephrine indexed to body weight (µg kg-1)
Time frame: First 15 minutes after starting induction of general anesthesia. The start of anesthetic induction is defined as the administration of propofol as hypnotic induction agent.