Sex-related Differences in the Response to the Muscle Relaxant Drug Mivacurium
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2013-07-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Muscle relaxants are drugs providing muscle relaxation during surgical treatment. Previous
studies have shown that males and females respond differently to this kind of drug. Our
hypothesis is that males are more sensitive to the effect of Mivacurium (a muscle relaxant)
than females, meaning that males need a lower blood concentration of the drug than females in
order to obtain a given effect.