The Effects of Dexmedetomidine Dose on Motor Evoked Potentials

Stopped early · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Spinal Fusion

In brief

This a parallel group, two-arm, randomized superiority trial that will compare the effect of two different doses of dexmedetomidine on motor evoked potentials during spine surgery

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03378973

Run by

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

People needed

7

Starts

2018-11-28

Expected to finish

2019-10-17

Last updated by the study team

2020-04-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients undergoing multi-level posterior spine fusions requiring motor evoked potential monitoring

You may not qualify if…

• Allergy to dexmedetomidine, propofol
• Conditions knows to make recording of motor evoked potentials difficult, including poorly controlled diabetes, severe peripheral neuropathy, severe myelopathy, or previous surgery during which motor evoked potentials were difficult to obtain
• Hepatic disease

Where it is running

• Hospital for Special Surgery — New York, New York, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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