Status:

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Safety and Efficacy of Dexmedetomidate vs. Midazolam for Procedural Sedation During Medical Thoracoscopy

Lead Sponsor:

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh

Conditions:

Medical Thoracoscopy

Eligibility:

All Genders

12-90 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Medical thoracoscopy can be performed under procedural sedation (conscious sedation) in most of the cases. Procedural sedation is a state where the patient lies comfortably without much movement, does...

Detailed Description

Francis Richard Cruise was probably the first person to ever implement the idea of peeking into the pleural cavity with an endoscope, which he did back in 1865-1866 for examining an 11-year-old girl w...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age≥18 and ≤80 years
  • Medical thoracoscopy performed for the work-up of undiagnosed pleural effusion

Exclusion

  • Patients with ICD in situ for more than 5 days
  • SP02\<92%
  • Haemodynamic instability (systolic blood pressure ≤90 mmHg or \>180mmHg, or diastolic BP \>110mmHg) before the procedure
  • MI/unstable angina in the last 3 months
  • Hb\<8g/dL, platelet\<50000 cells/dL
  • Lack of pleural space due to adhesion
  • Uncorrected coagulopathy (PT\>3 secs above control; APTT\>10 secs above control
  • Failure to provide informed consent
  • Patients with known allergy or previously recorded severe adverse events to the sedatives used in the study
  • Patients who required any anaesthetic/analgesic agent in past 7 days
  • Patients on psychotropic drugs that may alter sensorium

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2025

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 31 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

56 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT07184801

Start Date

October 1 2025

End Date

December 31 2026

Last Update

September 22 2025

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Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India, 160012