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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2022 Aug 3;22(1):245.
doi: 10.1186/s12871-022-01782-7.

The efficacy and safety of ciprofol use for the induction of general anesthesia in patients undergoing gynecological surgery: a prospective randomized controlled study

Ben-Zhen Chen #  1 , Xin-Yu Yin #  2 , Li-Hua Jiang #  3 , Jin-Hui Liu  2 , Yan-Yan Shi  4 , Bi-Ying Yuan  5
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Randomized Controlled Trial

The efficacy and safety of ciprofol use for the induction of general anesthesia in patients undergoing gynecological surgery: a prospective randomized controlled study

Ben-Zhen Chen et al. BMC Anesthesiol. .

Abstract

Background: Ciprofol is a recently developed, short-acting γ-aminobutyric acid receptor agonist sedative that is more potent than propofol, but there have been few clinical studies of this agent to date. Here, we sought to examine the safety and efficacy of ciprofol use for the induction of general anesthesia in individuals undergoing gynecological surgery.

Methods: Women between the ages of 18 and 60 years (ASA physical status 1 or 2) who were scheduled to undergo elective gynecological surgery under general anesthesia were randomly assigned to two equally sized groups in which anesthesia induction was performed using either ciprofol or propofol. General anesthesia induction success rates were the primary outcome for this study, while secondary outcomes included changes in BIS during the 10 min following the first administration of the study drug, the duration of successful induction, and adverse event incidence.

Results: A total of 120 women were included in the study. A 100% rate of successful induction was achieved in both the ciprofol and propofol groups, with no significant differences between these groups with respect to the duration of successful induction (34.8 ± 15.5 s vs 35.4 ± 9.5 s, P = 0.832), the time to the disappearance of the eyelash reflex (33.7 ± 10.6 s vs 34.0 ± 6.5 s, P = 0.860), or tracheal intubation (58.2 ± 31.1 s vs 53.9 ± 25.4 s, P = 0.448). Adverse event rates, including intubation responses, were significantly lower in the ciprofol group as compared to the propofol group(20% vs 48.33%, P = 0.0019). Ciprofol was associated with reduced injection pain relative to propofol (16.7% vs 58.3%, P < 0.001).

Conclusions: Ciprofol exhibits comparable efficacy to that of propofol when used for the induction of general anesthesia in individuals undergoing gynecological surgery and is associated with fewer adverse events.

Keywords: Ciprofol; General anesthesia; Gynecological surgery; Induction.

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The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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CONSORT Flow Diagram
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Changes in blood pressure and heart rate following anesthesia induction; Time 0 was defined as the baseline value 10 s prior to the administration of the study drug; #: P < 0.01
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Changes in the bispectral index (BIS) following anesthesia induction; Time 0 was defined as the baseline value 10 s prior to the administration of the study drug; #: P < 0.01
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