N/A
N=30
Anesthesia and Motor Evoked Potential (MEP) Recruitment
Idiopathic Scoliosis
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02199314 ↗Enrolled (actual)
30
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Sep 2020
Primary outcome: Primary: Effect of Pulse Train Length on Transcranial Motor Evoked Potentials (TcMEP) Area Under Total Intravenous Anesthesia (TIVA) and TIVA Plus 3% Desflurane — 2 Participants
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Desflurane (Drug)
- Age
- Pediatric · 12+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
- Primary completion
- Apr 2016
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Effect of Pulse Train Length on Transcranial Motor Evoked Potentials (TcMEP) Area Under Total Intravenous Anesthesia (TIVA) and TIVA Plus 3% Desflurane |
2 | — |
Summary
Test the hypothesis to recruit larger motor responses to transcranial stimulation.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Age 12 through 17 years
- Diagnosis of idiopathic scoliosis
- Scheduled for posterior spinal fusion with neurophysiological monitoring
- No known allergies to propofol or remifentanil
- No contraindication to total intravenous anesthesia
- No contraindications to the administration of volatile agents
Exclusion Criteria
- Failure to consent or assent to study
- Diagnosis other than idiopathic scoliosis
- Poorly controlled seizures or the presence of a cochlear implant
- Patient history or family history of malignant hypothermia or mitochondrial myopathies
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02199314). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.