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UnknownNCT00200564

Ketamine and Postoperative Analgesia in Children

Status
Unknown
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
74 (estimated)
Sponsor
Nantes University Hospital · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
6 Months – 6 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The benefit of small doses of ketamine has been demonstrated for postoperative analgesia in adults but remains unproved in children. The investigators' purpose is to evaluate the effects of continuous intravenous small doses of ketamine versus placebo to improve the quality of postoperative analgesia in children (6 months to 6 years of age). Caudal anesthesia is performed for intraoperative analgesia and all children receive paracetamol, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and continuous intravenous nalbuphine.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGketamine

Timeline

Start date
2004-02-01
First posted
2005-09-20
Last updated
2007-10-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00200564. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.