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Nitrous Oxide Induction Induces Amnesia in Pediatric Patients

NCT02050152 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2014-03-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators are conducting a study to investigate the amnestic effects of 2 different concentrations of nitrous oxide in children before induction of anesthesia in a prospective double-blinded placebo controlled study.

Conditions

  • Amnesia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Explicit and Implicit memory

Explicit and implicit memory will be tested visually (showing an animal) and auditory (telling a joke, stating a food type that starts with the letter B) and smell recall (bad smell of anesthesia)

DRUG

0% nitrous oxide, 30% nitrous oxide and 60% nitrous oxide

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • State University of New York at Buffalo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jerrold Lerman, MD, FRCPC · Professor

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-05-31
Primary Completion
2013-10-31
Completion
2013-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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