Effects of Intravenous Lidocaine During Sedation for Colonoscopy.

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study assesses the benefits of continuous intravenous lidocaine administration during sedation for colonoscopy.

Sedation will consist of propofol infusion titrated to provide adequate working conditions to the gastroenterologist. Patients will be randomly allocated into two groups: lidocaine infusion (bolus of 1.5 mg/kg followed by a continuous infusion of 4 mg/kg/h) or the same volume of placebo (normal saline)

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital of Liege; University of Liege
• Treatments: Lidocaine; Propofol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• colonoscopy without gastroscopy

Exclusion Criteria:

• lidocaine allergy

• epilepsy

• severe heart rhythm disorders

• renal failure with creatinine clearance lower than 30ml/minute