Recruitment

Recruitment Status
Recruiting
Estimated Enrollment
Same as current

Summary

Conditions
  • Blood Pressure Management
  • Dexamethasone
  • Lung Cancer
  • Overall Survival
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Surgery
Type
Interventional
Phase
Not Applicable
Design
Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Factorial AssignmentIntervention Model Description: A 2 × 2 factorial randomized controlled trialMasking: Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)Masking Description: For dexamethasone administration, all participants, care providers, investigators, and outcomes assessors are masked. For blood pressure management, participants and outcome assessors are masked.Primary Purpose: Prevention

Participation Requirements

Age
Between 50 years and 90 years
Gender
Both males and females

Description

Surgical resection is the main treatment for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and continuous efforts have been made to evolve surgical strategies and techniques. It has been now been realized that perioperative period is characterized with profound changes and anesthesia management m...

Surgical resection is the main treatment for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and continuous efforts have been made to evolve surgical strategies and techniques. It has been now been realized that perioperative period is characterized with profound changes and anesthesia management may also affect outcomes of patients after cancer surgery. Even under well controlled conditions, blood pressure fluctuation frequently occurs during anesthesia and surgery. In previous studies, intraoperative hypotension was associated with increased risk of organ injuries (such as delirium, acute kidney injury, myocardial injury, and stroke) and higher 1-year mortality. Unpublished data showed that intraoperative hypotension was also associated with shortened long-term survival in patients after lung cancer surgery. In a recent trial, individualized intraoperative blood pressure management which avoided intraoperative hypotension decreased the incidence of postoperative organ injury when compared with routine practice. Avoiding intraoperative hypotension may also prolong survival after lung cancer surgery. However, evidences are lacking regarding this topic. Dexamethasone is frequently used for prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting. Studies showed that a single low-dose dexamethasone has anti-inflammatory effect and can regulate immune function. It has been shown that perioperative dexamethasone can improve analgesia after surgery. In retrospective studies, perioperative low-dose dexamethasone was associated with less wound infection and improved long-term survival in patients after surgeries for pancreatic and lung cancer. It is hypothesized that intraoperative dexamethasone may reduce postoperative complications and improve long-term survival after lung cancer surgery. Interventional studies are required to confirm this hypothesis.

Tracking Information

NCT #
NCT04209218
Collaborators
Not Provided
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Dong-Xin Wang, MD, PhD Peking University First Hospital