Status:

COMPLETED

Intranasal Ketamine for Procedural Sedation in Pediatric Laceration Repair

Lead Sponsor:

Rhode Island Hospital

Conditions:

Laceration

Eligibility:

All Genders

1-7 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare how well three different doses of ketamine, given as a spray into the nose, help to sedate children and help them tolerate repairs of cuts on their faces.

Detailed Description

Procedural sedation is frequently used to facilitate distressing and painful procedures in the pediatric emergency department. However, administering an intramuscular medication or placing an intraven...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Children between 1 to 7 years old
  • Simple facial laceration, defined as: linear; requiring two or more sutures; no greater than 5.0 centimeters; does not cross the lid margin of the eye; does not require a plastics/face surgery consult; occured within the last 24 hours.
  • Physician feels that intravenous sedation is required to perform the laceration repair

Exclusion

  • Closed head injury, any alteration in level of consciousness, clinical suspicion of intracranial injury or increased intracranial pressure
  • Any conditions that qualify patient as American Society of Anesthesiologists' (ASA) III or IV
  • Known diagnoses of hyperthyroidism or porphyria
  • Glaucoma or penetrating eye injury
  • Hypertension
  • Any contraindication, including drug allergy, to study medications
  • Severe trauma with other injuries requiring operative intervention
  • Abnormal neurological exam in a previously normal child

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

February 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

45 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00451724

Start Date

May 1 2007

End Date

February 1 2010

Last Update

July 22 2010

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Hasbro Children's Hospital

Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02903