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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01188551
Date of registration: 24/08/2010
Primary sponsor: Nationwide Children's Hospital
Public title: Dexmedetomidine Versus Fentanyl Following Pressure Equalization Tube Placement
Scientific title: Pain Management Following Myringotomy and Tube Placement: Intranasal Dexmedetomidine Versus Fentanyl
Date of first enrolment: January 2011
Target sample size: 100
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01188551
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- functional status as assigned by the American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA)
classification of I or II (no or minimal co-morbid disease)

- patients scheduled for placement of bilateral myringotomy tubes

Exclusion Criteria:

- history of allergy to either dexmedetomidine or fentanyl

- concomitant use of medications which may exaggerate the HR response of
dexmedetomidine including digoxin or ß-adrenergic antagonists.



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Chronic Otitis Media
Intervention(s)
Drug: Dexmedetomidine
Drug: Fentanyl
Primary Outcome(s)
Pain [Time Frame: 60 mins. post-op]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Recovery characteristics from general anesthesia [Time Frame: 60 mins. post-op]
Secondary ID(s)
IRB10-00377
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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