Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02195661
The Role of Melatonin in the Effective Attainment of Sleep Electroencephalograms (EEG) in Children
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 194 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Cape Town · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 6 Months – 13 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This study aims to determine the safety and effectiveness of oral melatonin as natural inducer of sleep to acquire useful EEGs in South African children following its introduction as the main agent used in the Neurophysiology department at Red Cross Children's Hospital. This is an observational retrospective study.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Melatonin | |
| DRUG | Chloral Hydrate |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2014-04-01
- Primary completion
- 2017-09-01
- Completion
- 2017-10-01
- First posted
- 2014-07-21
- Last updated
- 2017-11-30
Locations
1 site across 1 country: South Africa
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