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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02361476
Date of registration: 01/02/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Public title: Does Intraoperative Clonidine Reduce Post Operative Agitation in Children?
Scientific title: Does Intraoperative Clonidine Reduce Post Operative Agitation in Children Anaesthetised With Sevoflurane? A RCT Including Pharmacokinetic Investigation.
Date of first enrolment: January 2015
Target sample size: 379
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02361476
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Prevention. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Denmark
Contacts
Name:     Steen Henneberg, MD, DMSc
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Affiliation:  Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- scheduled for surgery with Sevoflurane as the choice of anesthesia.

Exclusion Criteria:

- ASA classification >2

- Premedication with Clonidine

- Ex-premature (born before week 37+0 AND <60 weeks old)

- Intubated before anaesthesia and/or no plans for extubation after anaesthesia.

- Critical illness with haemodynamic instability.

- Active bleeding.

- Cancer.

- Cardiac diseases including arrhythmias.

- Malignant hyperthermia.

- Mental retardation.

- Neurological illness with agitation-like symptoms.

- Weight >50 kg.

- Allergy to Clonidine.

- Patients treated with methylphenidate / Concerta.



Age minimum: 1 Year
Age maximum: 5 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Psychomotor Agitation
Intervention(s)
Drug: Clonidine
Drug: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Postoperative Agitation [Time Frame: 1 day]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Pain Assessment [Time Frame: recovery room - hours]
Adverse Events [Time Frame: from intervention to discharge from the recovery room]
First Administration of Fentanyl or Morphine [Time Frame: recovery room]
Fentanyl and Morphine Requirements [Time Frame: Recorded during the stay in the postoperative recovery room]
Secondary ID(s)
H - 2 - 2014 - 072
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 11/02/2019
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT02361476
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