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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT00848393
Date of registration: 19/02/2009
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Nationwide Children's Hospital
Public title: Measures to Lower the Stress Response in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Scientific title: Stress Response in Children Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: a Prospective Randomized Comparison Between Low Dose Fentanyl (LDF), Low Dose Fentanyl Plus Dexmedetomidine (LDF + Dex) and High Dose Fentanyl (HDF).
Date of first enrolment: November 2008
Target sample size: 52
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00848393
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator).  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Aymen N Naguib, MD
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Affiliation:  Nationwide Children's Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Childrens with the diagnosis of tetralogy of fallot, ventricular septal defect and
atrioventricular septal defect who are under one year of age.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients who are having reoperation.

- Patients with comorbidities, such as heart failure.

- Patients receiving digoxin preoperatively.



Age minimum: 1 Month
Age maximum: 3 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
Atrioventricular Septal Defects (AVSD)
Ventricular Septal Defects (VSD)
Intervention(s)
Drug: Fentanyl (Low Dose)
Drug: Fentanyl (High Dose)
Drug: Fentanyl (Low Dose) + Dexmedetomidine
Primary Outcome(s)
Stress Hormone Levels [Time Frame: Blood draws to measure stress hormone levels within one hour of draw: after induction; after sternotomy; after starting cardiopulmonary bypass; at the end of the procedure; and 24 hours after the procedure.]
ACTH and Cytokine Levels [Time Frame: Blood draws to measure cytokines levels within one hour of draw: after induction; after sternotomy; after starting cardiopulmonary bypass; at the end of the procedure; and 24 hours after the procedure.]
Comparisons Between Groups for Narcotic and/or Dexmedetomidine Intervention Influence on Length of CTICU Stay. [Time Frame: Hospital admission to discharge from CTICU (average of 2-4 days)]
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales [Time Frame: 1-4 yrs. post-surgery]
Comparisons Between Groups for Narcotic and/or Dexmedetomidine Intervention Influence on Time on Ventilator. [Time Frame: Time of intubation to extubation (variable)]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Stanford-Binet Cognitive Ability [Time Frame: 1-4 yrs post-surgery]
ABAS-II [Time Frame: 1-4 yrs post-surgery]
Secondary ID(s)
IRB08-00029
101911
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 27/07/2018
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT00848393
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