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Registration number
ACTRN12617001475336
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
16/10/2017
Date registered
19/10/2017
Date last updated
19/10/2017
Type of registration
Prospectively registered

Titles & IDs
Public title
SurgicalPleth Index for the prediction of acute postoperative pain
Scientific title
SurgicalPleth Index for the prediction of acute postoperative pain
Secondary ID [1] 293142 0
nil
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
postoperative pain 305115 0
Condition category
Condition code
Anaesthesiology 304436 304436 0 0
Pain management

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Observational
Patient registry
False
Target follow-up duration
Target follow-up type
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Surgical Pleth Index will be recorded intraoperatively in 200 patients anaesthetized with sevoflurane/opioid during the last 5 minutes of an operation, just before the anaesthetic is lightened. Thereafter, postoperative pain will be recorded 3 times (for 15 minutes post recovery room admission) in the revcovery room (on a 0-10 numeric rating scale).
Intervention code [1] 299393 0
Not applicable
Comparator / control treatment
nil
Control group
Uncontrolled

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 303675 0
Prospectively test the hypothesis that a SPI > 30 at the end of surgery may predict moderate-severe (pain >3 on 0-10 numeric rating scale) postoperative pain.
Timepoint [1] 303675 0
Within the first 15 minutes after recovery room admission.
Secondary outcome [1] 339835 0
To investigate the correlation between age and the predictive probability of SPI (for the prediction of postoperative pain in the recovery room)
Timepoint [1] 339835 0
pain measure within 15 minutes after recovery room admission

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Patients aged 18-100 yrs. scheduled for anaesthesia (non emergency) with sevoflurane/opioid.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
100 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
Regular or intraoperative medication (prior to SPI assessment) known or suspected to interact with the assessment of SPI (i.e. ketamine, clonidine, neostigmine, beta-receptor blockers, incl. metaraminol/ephedrine within 10 minutes of the SPI assessment), pacemaker, severe autonomous dysfunction, significant cardiac arrhythmia (i.e. AF), Aboriginal patients, patients with an impaired ability to rate their level of postoperative pain on a NRS (i.e. significant mental impairment, dementia), surgical tourniquet at the time of and/or < 10 minutes prior to SPI assessment, any analgesic medication between SPI assessment and first pain score in the recovery room (note: extremely rare)

Study design
Purpose
Natural history
Duration
Cross-sectional
Selection
Convenience sample
Timing
Prospective
Statistical methods / analysis
All data will be tested for normal distribution (KS test). Data may be described as mean (standard deviation)/median percentiles, as appropriate. For the assessment of SPI prediction of pain the analysis of the receiver operating characteristics (ROC) will be used. In addition, the predictive probability of the SPI cut-off (30) will be calculated via the excel macro PK MACRO (by Warren D. Smith). The differences between PK values for different age groups/anaesthetic techniques will be calculated via the macro PKD. The influence of age will be calculated via a linear regression model.


Recruitment
Recruitment status
Not yet recruiting
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
30/11/2017
Actual
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
1/10/2018
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
1/10/2018
Actual
Sample size
Target
200
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
WA
Recruitment hospital [1] 9198 0
Royal Perth Hospital - Perth
Recruitment hospital [2] 9199 0
Armadale Kelmscott Memorial Hospital - Armadale
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 17851 0
6000 - Perth
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 17852 0
6112 - Armadale

Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1] 297770 0
Government body
Name [1] 297770 0
East Metropolitan Health Service
Country [1] 297770 0
Australia
Primary sponsor type
Individual
Name
Thomas Ledowski
Address
Anaesthesiology Unit
University of Western Australia
35 Stirling Hwy
Crawley, WA
Country
Australia
Secondary sponsor category [1] 296807 0
None
Name [1] 296807 0
Address [1] 296807 0
Country [1] 296807 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
Ethics committee name [1] 298831 0
Ethics Committee of the South Metro Health Service
Ethics committee address [1] 298831 0
1 Robin Warren Drive
Murdoch, WA 6150
Ethics committee country [1] 298831 0
Australia
Date submitted for ethics approval [1] 298831 0
Approval date [1] 298831 0
26/09/2017
Ethics approval number [1] 298831 0
000523

Summary
Brief summary
Background: The surgical pleth index (SPI, GE Healthcare, Helsinki, Finland) is a 0-100 score derived from the intraoperative non-invasive monitoring of oxygen saturation. Simply speaking, SPI is a software using existing data. The SPI score claims to reflect states of intraoperative pain. A previous investigation by us published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia (Br J Anaesth. 2016 Sep;117(3):371-4) found that a SPI > 30 at the end of surgery (prior to awakening) predicted moderate-severe postoperative pain.
Objectives: As such prediction would provide a significant benefit for the pre-emptive treatment of pain, the proposed project aims to prospectively validate the SPI cut-off published by us in a larger cohort. In addition, we would like to evaluate the influence of age on the SPI cut-off value predicting moderate-severe pain, as well as the influence of a different anaesthetic technique (total intravenous anaesthesia) on the predictive value of SPI. The latter sub-group will be investigated by our collaborators in Kiel, Germany.
Within WA Health 200 patients scheduled for non-emergency surgery under sevoflurane/opioid anaesthesia will be included in the study. Patients will receive a completely standard anaesthetic.
At the end of surgery, SPI will be recorded minutely for 5 minutes. As outlined above, this simply requires recording of displayed SPI values. As SPI uses available data derived from standard monitoring, no discomfort or risk is associated with study inclusion. After awakening, 3 pain scores (numeric rating scales 0-10) will be recorded in the recovery room. The 5-minutely recording of pain scores is standard protocol in the involved hospitals and does hence not at all inconvenience patients. Apart from SPI and pain readings, only very limited data are recorded.
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Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 78370 0
Prof Thomas Ledowski
Address 78370 0
Medical School
University of Western Australia
35 Stirling Hwy
Crawley WA 6009
Country 78370 0
Australia
Phone 78370 0
+61 8 9224 0210
Fax 78370 0
Email 78370 0
[email protected]
Contact person for public queries
Name 78371 0
Prof Thomas Ledowski
Address 78371 0
Medical School
University of Western Australia
35 Stirling Hwy
Crawley WA 6009
Country 78371 0
Australia
Phone 78371 0
+61 8 9224 0210
Fax 78371 0
Email 78371 0
[email protected]
Contact person for scientific queries
Name 78372 0
Prof Thomas Ledowski
Address 78372 0
Medical School
University of Western Australia
35 Stirling Hwy
Crawley WA 6009
Country 78372 0
Australia
Phone 78372 0
+61 8 9224 0210
Fax 78372 0
Email 78372 0
[email protected]

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SourceTitleYear of PublicationDOI
EmbaseSurgical pleth index: prospective validation of the score to predict moderate-to-severe postoperative pain.2019https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2018.10.066
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