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A Study of Methods to Reduce Anxiety in Preoperative Elective Surgical Patients

NCT01866605 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2013-05-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Patients are often anxious immediately before surgery. The investigators hypothesis is that a warming blanket is as effective as the sedative midazolam in allaying anxiety before surgery.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Midazolam

Intravenous midazolam 0.3 mg/kg

DRUG

Normal Saline

Normal saline injection will be given to groups not receiving midazolam

DEVICE

Bair Hugger

Forced air warming

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Melbourne Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kate Leslie, MD · Melbourne Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-07-31
Primary Completion
2009-05-31
Completion
2009-05-31

Countries

  • Australia

Study Locations

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