Status:

COMPLETED

Analgesic Effect of Peripheral Dexmedetomidine

Lead Sponsor:

The University of Hong Kong

Conditions:

Third Molar Extraction

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-50 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Dexmedetomidine is an alpha 2-adrenoreceptor agonist, which provides sedation, analgesia and anxiolysis in clinical practice (Cortinez et al., 2004,Hall et al., 2000). Three types of alpha 2-adrenergi...

Detailed Description

The study protocol was approved by our local Institutional Review Board and written consent was obtained from all the participants. Eligibility for recruitment included American Society of Anesthesiol...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I and II
  • Age between 18 and 50 years of age with 4 bilateral impacted third molar teeth scheduled for extraction under general anaesthesia
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • Clinical history or electrocardiographic evidence of heart block
  • Ischaemic heart disease
  • Asthma
  • Sleep apnoea syndrome
  • Impaired liver or renal function
  • Alcohol consumption in excess of 28 units per week
  • Pregnancy
  • Patient refusal
  • Known psychiatric illness
  • Chronic sedative or analgesic use, and regular use of or known allergy to dexmedetomidine, paracetamol or dextropropoxypheneopioids
  • Patients with preoperative inflammation at the site of surgery were also excluded

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    February 1 2006

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    March 1 2008

    Estimated Enrollment :

    105 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00971178

    Start Date

    February 1 2006

    End Date

    March 1 2008

    Last Update

    December 11 2020

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