Prospective, Randomized, Open Label Controlled Trial To Evaluate The Safety And Efficacy Of Dexmedetomidine Use Beyond 24 Hours Compared With Midazolam In Children Admitted To Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at King Abdullah Specialist Children Hospital- Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs.

NCT ID: NCT05485519

Last Updated: 2023-04-27

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

430 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-04-21

Study Completion Date

2024-05-31

Brief Summary

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Study will be conducted in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in King Abdullah Specialist Children Hospital (KASCH), National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Total of 430 patients will participate to assess the safety and efficacy of prolonged Dexmedetomidine use beyond 24 hours in pediatric Intensive Care Unite.

Detailed Description

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Prospective, randomized, open label, controlled study, will be conducted in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in King Abdullah Specialist Children Hospital (KASCH), National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 340 patients will be randomly randomized to Midazolam (M) or Dexmedetomidine (D), to assess the safety and efficacy of prolonged Dexmedetomidine use beyond 24 hours.

Conditions

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Dexmedetomidine Midazolam Withdrawal Symptoms Failure of Extubation

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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Dexmedetomidine (D)

Infusion start at 0.5 mcg/kg/hour. Titrate to effect (up to1.5 mcg/kg/hour)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Dexmedetomidine

Intervention Type DRUG

Infusion start at 0.5 mcg/kg/hour. Titrate to effect (up to1.5 mcg/kg/hour)

Midazolam (M)

1 mcg/kg/minute. Up to a maximum of 5 mcg/kg/minute.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Midazolam

Intervention Type DRUG

(1 mcg/kg/minute. up to a maximum of 5 mcg/kg/minute.

Interventions

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Dexmedetomidine

Infusion start at 0.5 mcg/kg/hour. Titrate to effect (up to1.5 mcg/kg/hour)

Intervention Type DRUG

Midazolam

(1 mcg/kg/minute. up to a maximum of 5 mcg/kg/minute.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Age 1-14 years both male and female who require mechanical ventilation
2. Informed consent from signed by patient's legal representatives, and for patients aged 12- 14 who has an age-appropriate understanding additional assent form signed by patient is required.
3. Intubated within 6 hours and anticipated to require mechanical ventilation for more than 48 hours

Exclusion Criteria

1. Septic shock and/or multi-organ failure.
2. Hemodynamically instability and requires inotropes.
3. Severe intracranial or spinal trauma with high intracranial pressure
4. Liver failure
5. Acute or chronic renal failure.
6. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) ≤8
7. Known to have allergy to the study drugs
8. Airway surgery
Minimum Eligible Age

1 Year

Maximum Eligible Age

14 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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King Abdullah International Medical Research Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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King Abdullah Specialist Children Hospital (KASCH)

Riyadh, , Saudi Arabia

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Saudi Arabia

Central Contacts

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Majed A Jeraisy

Role: CONTACT

+966-504192291 ext. 94455

Facility Contacts

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Majed Jeraisy

Role: primary

0504192291

Other Identifiers

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RC20/160/R

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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