NCT02458547.

Trial name or title	Effect of anaesthesia technique on outcome after hip fracture surgery in elderly adult patients
Methods	RCT, parallel design
Participants	Target number of randomized participants: 186 Inclusion criteria > 65 years scheduled for elective or emergency hip fracture surgery Exclusion criteria Participant refusal Inflammation or wound at puncture site Increased intracranial pressure Bleeding diathesis Allergies to propofol or its ingredients, soybeans or peanuts Participants with altered mental status Illiterate From another country Type of surgery: elective or emergency hip fracture surgery Country: South Korea Setting: hospital
Interventions	TIVA group Details: propofol TCI Inhalational maintenance group Details: desflurane at age‐adjusted MAC of 0.8 to 1.0
Outcomes	Measures of pro‐inflammatory cytokines
Starting date	May 2015
Contact information	Not reported
Notes	Study may not report outcomes of interest. Because the study includes elderly surgical patients and compares the anaesthetic agents of interest, we have included this study in our list of ongoing studies.