Use of Dexmedetomidine in Children Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

NCT ID: NCT02375243

Last Updated: 2017-02-14

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-02-28

Study Completion Date

2016-01-31

Brief Summary

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The aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of dexmedetomidine in reducing the need for sedatives and analgesics in the immediate post-operative period in children who underwent surgical correction of complex congenital heart disease

Detailed Description

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The hypothesis the investigators want to verify is that the reduced administration of sedative drugs (opioids and benzodiazepines) in children undergoing cardiac surgery, reduces the side effects of the drugs themselves, such as respiratory depression (reduction of mechanical ventilation) and the onset of withdrawal symptoms while maintaining an adequate analgo-sedation.

The study is an unblinded randomized controlled study. It will involve 60 children aged \> 1 and \< 24 months sedated and mechanically ventilated after corrective or palliative surgery of congenital heart disease on cardiopulmonary bypass with Aristotle score \> 8.

Dexmedetomidine infusion will be started upon arrival in the CICU and continued until the time of discontinuation of morphine.

Conditions

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Deep Sedation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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cases

children who receive midazolam 0.05 mg/kg/h + morphine 10 mcg/kg/h + dexmedetomidne 0.5 mcg/kg/h. Midazolam in administered until extubation, while morphine and dexmedetomidine are administered until removal of surgical drains.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

dexmedetomidine

Intervention Type DRUG

dexmedetomidine continous infusion 0.5 mcg/kg/h

controls

standard care: children who receive midazolam 0.1 mg/kg/h + morphine 20 mcg/kg/h. Midazolam in administered until extubation, while morphine is administered until removal of surgical drains.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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dexmedetomidine

dexmedetomidine continous infusion 0.5 mcg/kg/h

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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dexdor

Eligibility Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

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Minimum Eligible Age

1 Month

Maximum Eligible Age

2 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Cristiana Garisto

physician

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Paola Cogo, doctor

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Bambino Gesù Children Hospital

Locations

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Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital

Rome, Rome, Italy

Site Status

Countries

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Italy

Other Identifiers

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942LB

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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