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Opioid Sparing Anesthesia Care for Pediatric Patients Having Tonsil Surgery
Led by Boston Children's Hospital · Updated on 2026-01-07
58
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
98 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This is a prospective, randomized, controlled, non-inferiority study of patients undergoing tonsil surgeries at Boston Children's Hospital Waltham. The overall aim is to evaluate the efficacy of an opioid anesthetic plan (morphine, ketorolac, and acetaminophen versus an opioid sparing anesthetic plan (dexmedetomidine, ketorolac and acetaminophen) for perioperative analgesia and recovery time in patients undergoing tonsillectomies and tonsillotomies at Boston Children's Hospital Waltham. Secondary measures include rescue opioids administered in post-anesthesia care unit (PACU), re-operation secondary to bleeding, emergence delirium, post-operative nausea and vomiting, intraoperative hemodynamics, intraoperative vasopressor administration, and length of procedure.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Opioid Sparing Anesthesia Care for Pediatric Patients Having Tonsil Surgery
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- American Society of Anesthesia classification status I-III
- Ages 3 years to 17 years
- Scheduled for tonsillectomy or tonsillotomy with or without adenoidectomy at Boston Children's Hospital Waltham
You will not qualify if you...
- Patients not scheduled for primary tonsillectomy or tonsillotomy
- Patients with known coagulopathies
- Patients with previous chronic pain syndromes
- Patients with any condition or allergy preventing randomization to study medications
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Boston Children's Hospital
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States, 02453
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Research Team
J
Jocelyn Booth, BSN
CONTACT
S
Samuel Kim, BS
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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