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Last refreshed on: 29 March 2021
Main ID:  NCT03388957
Date of registration: 18/12/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Damascus University
Public title: Oral Propranolol for Reducing Pediatric Dental Patients Anxiety
Scientific title: Evaluating of Oral Propranolol Effect on Managing Anxiety of Dental Extractions in Children: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
Date of first enrolment: July 30, 2018
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03388957
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Syrian Arab Republic
Contacts
Name:     Youssef Latifeh, MD MSc Phd
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Affiliation:  Professor and Head of the Psychiatry Department, Damascus Univesrity, Damascus, Syria
Name:     Mohamed Altinawi, DDS MSc PhD
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Affiliation:  Professor of Pedodontics, University of Damascus Dental School, Damascus, SYRIA
Name:     Omar Abu Bakr, DDS
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Affiliation:  MSc student in Pedodontics, University of Damascus Dental School, Damascus, Syria
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- High to extreme fear of tooth or molar anesthesia and removal (Frankl: Definitely
negative).

- Scoring more than 19 points on MCDAS(f).

- Healthy pediatric patients (ASA I) aging 8-10 years.

- Indication for primary tooth or molar extraction.

- Fasting if indicated (severe gag reflex).

- Airway assessment (Mallampati and tonsillar hypertrophy).

Exclusion Criteria:

- Asthma or any other obstructive pulmonary disease.

- Cardiac failure.

- Cardiac arrhythmia.

- Renal failure.

- Diabetes.

- Current use of another ß-adrenoreceptor antagonist.

- Current use of anxiolytic or antidepressant medication.

- Currently in psychotherapy for dental anxiety.

- Systolic blood pressure <100 mmHg.

- Diastolic blood pressure <60 mmHg.

- Active Upper respiratory infection.



Age minimum: 8 Years
Age maximum: 10 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Extrusion of Tooth
Intervention(s)
Drug: Propranolol
Drug: Midazolam
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in Anxiety-2 levels [Time Frame: (1) 45 minutes after medication, while applying local anesthesia, (2) after 10 minutes of applying the anesthesia and during tooth extraction.]
Change in Anxiety-1 levels [Time Frame: (1) five minutes before medication, (2) 30 minutes post-extraction]
Change in heart rate [Time Frame: (1) 5 minutes before medication, (2) 45 minutes after medication, while applying local anesthesia, (3) after 10 minutes of applying the anesthesia and during tooth extraction, (4) 30 minutes following extraction]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change in Behavior [Time Frame: (1) 45 minutes after medication, while applying local anesthesia, (2) after 10 minutes of applying the anesthesia and during tooth extraction]
Secondary ID(s)
UDDS-Pedo-02-2017
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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