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Pain Free Laceration Repairs Using Intra-nasal Ketamine

NCT03053947 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2019-12-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Lacerations are one of most common trauma in children presenting to the emergency department (ED). Currently, there are wide variations regarding sedation and analgesia practices when suture are required. Even though topical anesthesia is very useful to reduce pain, it does not obviate the use of pharmacologic agents to decrease stress in anxious children undergoing laceration repairs in the ED.

There is a growing interest in the intranasal (IN) route of administration in the pediatric population. It bypasses the first hepatic passage and thus provides medications direct access to the systemic circulation leading to higher and faster serum concentrations than would the oral route. Also, intravenous (IV) cannulation can be avoided reducing the pain associated with it and the need for nursing time and procedure delay. IN fentanyl and midazolam are two agents that can be combined for this procedure, but respiratory depression is a feared adverse effects. Ketamine is the most commonly used IV agent for procedural sedation, and can offer potent analgesia and sedation while maintaining respiratory drive and protective airway reflexes. Few studies have evaluated IN ketamine for procedural sedation. There is a wide range of dosing reported from 3 to 9 mg/kg. This raises the question as what is the lowest possible dosage that can be used to successfully repairs laceration in children with minimal restrain and no adverse events, as described by the Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC)/ Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) consensus.

Conditions

  • Laceration

Interventions

DRUG

Intranasal Ketamine

Administration of intranasal ketamine at a dose from 3 to 9 mg/kg for safe and effective procedural sedation for laceration repair in the ED for children aged 1 to 12 year-old.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Evelyne D.Trottier

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Evelyne D Trottier, MD, FRCPC · St. Justine's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Year
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-02-16
Primary Completion
2019-11-27
Completion
2019-11-27

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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