About this trial
This randomized controlled trial evaluates whether intraoperative guidance using the CoreSys monitor reduces the surgical stress response in patients undergoing elective open abdominal hysterectomy. Surgical stress involves complex hemodynamic, endocrine, and inflammatory responses that may negatively impact postoperative recovery.
Patients will be randomized to either anesthesia guided by conventional clinical and hemodynamic parameters or anesthesia additionally guided by CoreSys-derived indices of consciousness, nociception, and stress activity. The primary objective is to assess whether CoreSys-guided anesthesia attenuates stress biomarkers, including interleukin-6 (IL-6), cortisol and glycemia.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Female patients aged 18-70 years
Scheduled elective open abdominal hysterectomy in the morning
Written informed consent
Disqualifiers
Refusal to participate
Significant endocrine/metabolic disease
Pacemaker or major arrhythmias
Contraindication to epidural anesthesia
Trial design
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
propofol
DrugIntravenous administration of propofol using target-controlled infusion (TCI) based on the Marsh pharmacokinetic model for induction and maintenance of general anesthesia.
CoreSys Monitor
DeviceA non-invasive monitoring device that integrates electroencephalographic and autonomic signals to assess hypnotic level, nociception, and intraoperative stress indices.
Remifentanil (Target-Controlled Infusion)
DrugIntravenous administration of remifentanil using target-controlled infusion (TCI) based on the Minto pharmacokinetic model for intraoperative analgesia.
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Change in interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels
Differences in serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels between baseline (preoperative), end of surgery, and 24 hours postoperatively, comparing CoreSys-guided anesthesia versus standard anesthesia.
Change in cortisol levels
Differences in serum cortisol levels between baseline (preoperative), end of surgery, and 24 hours postoperatively, comparing CoreSys-guided anesthesia versus standard anesthesia.
Change in blood glucose levels
Differences in blood glucose levels between baseline (preoperative), end of surgery, and 24 hours postoperatively, comparing CoreSys-guided anesthesia versus standard anesthesia.
Secondary outcomes
Intraoperative mean arterial pressure variability
Mean arterial pressure measured at predefined time points: baseline (pre-induction), post-intubation, surgical incision, 30, 60, 90, and 120 minutes after surgery start, and at the end of surgery. Variability will be assessed over time and between groups.
Intraoperative heart rate variability
Heart rate measured at predefined time points: baseline (pre-induction), post-intubation, surgical incision, 30, 60, 90, and 120 minutes after surgery start, and at the end of surgery. Variability will be assessed over time and between groups.
Intraoperative Brain Activity (BA)
Brain Activity (BA) index obtained from CoreSys monitoring, measured at predefined time points: baseline (pre-induction), post-intubation, surgical incision, 30, 60, 90, and 120 minutes after surgery start, and at the end of surgery.
Intraoperative Stress Activity (SA)
Stress Activity (SA) index obtained from CoreSys monitoring, measured at predefined time points: baseline (pre-induction), post-intubation, surgical incision, 30, 60, 90, and 120 minutes after surgery start, and at the end of surgery.
Sponsors and contacts
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Hospital Provincial de Rosario
Lead sponsor
Coresys Health
Collaborator