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. 2023 Jan 19;2023:7443226. doi: 10.1155/2023/7443226

Table 3.

Comparison of sedative/anesthetic pharmacodynamics between ciprofol and propofol.

Clinical trials Phase Number enrolled Groups Dose (mg/kg) t sedation (min) t alert (min) Sedation satisfaction score
Mean ± SD Median (min, max) P Mean ± SD Median (min, max) P Mean ± SD Median (min, max) P Mean ± SD Median (min, max) P
Phase I clinical study in healthy subjects [23] I 8 Ciprofol (iv, 1 mg/kg/h for 0.5 h + 0.4 mg/kg/h for 3.5 h) 2.05 ± 0.45 12.58 ± 8.79 0.917 5.73 ± 2.34 0.463 6.8 ± 1.20 0.041
8 Propofol (iv, 5 mg/kg/h for 0.5 h + 2 mg/kg/h for 3.5 h) 10.88 ± 1.62 12.60 ± 6.90 6.75 ± 1.61 5.0 ± 2.10
Anesthesia/sedation in patients undergoing colonoscopy [24] IIa 10 Ciprofol (iv, 0.4 mg/kg) 1.6 ± 0.5 >0.05 6.0 ± 3.3a <0.05 10.0 ± 0.0
10 Ciprofol (iv, 0.5 mg/kg) 1.2 ± 0.4 10.3 ± 5.6a 9.9 ± 0.3
10 Propofol (iv, 2 mg/kg) 1.2 ± 0.6 5.0 ± 3.3a 9.6 ± 0.7
IIb 31 Ciprofol (iv, 0.4 mg/kg) 1.9 ± 0.6 >0.05 6.1 ± 4.5a 9.2 ± 1.0 <0.05
32 Ciprofol (iv, 0.5 mg/kg) 1.5 ± 0.3 5.1 ± 2.9a 9.5 ± 0.8
31 Propofol (iv, 2 mg/kg) 1.5 ± 0.4 4.3 ± 3.3a 9.2 ± 0.9
Induction of deep sedation during gastroscopy and colonoscopy procedures [25] III 144 Ciprofol (iv, 0.4 mg/kg) 1.1 ± 0.5 0.405 3.3 ± 3.1 <0.001 9.9 ± 0.4 0.001
145 Propofol (iv, 1.5 mg/kg) 1.1 ± 0.4 2.0 ± 2.1 9.7 ± 0.7
Anesthesia/sedation in patients undergoing fiber-optic bronchoscopy [26] III 134 Ciprofol (iv, 0.4 mg/kg) 26.75 (14.75, 79.50) <0.001 1.00 (0.50, 3.50) 0.059 8.50 (0.10, 27.90) 0.012 10 (6, 10) 0.341
133 Propofol (iv, 2 mg/kg) 142.00 (26.75, 549.00) 1.00 (0.45, 8.00) 6.00 (0.00, 29.00) 10 (4, 10)
Induction/maintenance of general anesthesia in elective surgery [27, 28] II 30 Ciprofol (iv, 0.4 mg/kg + 1 mg/kg/h for 6 patients and 0.8 mg/kg/h for 24 patients) 45.3 ± 14.8 0.840c 11.4 ± 4.9 0.575c 11.8 ± 0.8d
11.3 ± 1.1e
0.024d
0.814e
10 Propofol (iv, 2 mg/kg + 5 mg/kg/h for 2 patients and 6 mg/kg/h for 8 patients) 42.3 ± 15.3 11.8 ± 3.4 10.6 ± 2.4d
11.4 ± 1.3e
6 Propofol (iv, 2 mg/kg)+ciprofol (iv, 1 mg/kg/h) 56.7 ± 13.7 13.5 ± 4.6 11.2 ± 2.0d
10.3 ± 2.0e
III 88 Ciprofol (0.4 mg/kg, bolus iv over 30 s) 26.0 ± 5.8b 0.91 ± 0.03 <0.05 10.9 ± 1.4 0.496
88 Propofol (2 mg/kg, bolus iv over 30 s) 121.8 ± 24.6b 0.80 ± 0.03 10.8 ± 1.4
Sedation in ICU patients with mechanical ventilation [29, 30] II 26 Ciprofol (iv, 0.1-0.2 mg/kg/h for 0.5 − 5 min + 0.3 mg/kg/h) 0.3 (0.1, 0.5) <0.001 60.0 (52.6, 60.0) 4.0 (0.0, 29.4) 0.418 1.0 (1.0, 2.0)f 0.521
13 Propofol (iv, 0.5-1 mg/kg/h for 0.5 − 5 min + 1.5 mg/kg/h) 1.5 (1.1, 1.6) 60.0 (55.2, 60.0) 4.5 (3.3, 24.6) 1.0 (1.0, 2.0)f

Notes: atime to alert from colonoscope withdrawal; btotal dose (mg); cciprofol group vs. propofol group; dinduction period; emaintenance period; fnursing score, overall evaluation of adaptive capacity for endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation; — indicates the data is not available. Abbreviations: tsedation: time to onset of anesthesia/sedation; talert: time to full alertness or recovery from anesthesia/sedation.