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Premedication in Children: a Clinical Trial Comparing Oral Ketamine and Oral Clonidine With Respect to Sedation Level and Opioid Consumption in Pediatrics Undergoing Elective Lower Abdominal Day-case Surgery.
Led by Cairo University · Updated on 2026-03-10
84
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
80 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Aim of the work Is to compare between oral ketamine and oral clonidine regarding the level of sedation pre and postoperatively in addition the need of opioids administration intraoperative in children undergoing elective lower abdominal day-case surgery.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Premedication in Children: a Clinical Trial Comparing Oral Ketamine and Oral Clonidine With Respect to Sedation Level and Opioid Consumption in Pediatrics Undergoing Elective Lower Abdominal Day-case Surgery.
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Children aged between 3 to 12 years old of both sexes undergoing elective lower abdominal day-case surgery such as: oblique inguinal herniorrhaphy, hypospadias correction and circumcision.
- ASA I and II
You will not qualify if you...
- Parents refusal.
- ASA risk score >II
- Heart, lung, neurological, or central nervous system disorders (hypotension, hypovolemia, severe bradyarrhythmia, atrioventricular block II or III, acute cerebrovascular events, impaired consciousness, respiratory disorders with hypoventilation, myasthenia gravis and central sleep apnea syndrome)
- Allergy from the used drugs.
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University
Cairo, Giza Governorate, Egypt
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Research Team
O
Omnia Y Kamel, Doctorate degree
CONTACT
A
Ahmed O Mohamed, Master
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
OTHER
Number of Arms
2
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