Buccal Midazolam Versus Intranasal Dexmedetomidine Plus Oral Chloral Hydrate in Inguinal Hernia Repair

NCT06389318 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2024-05-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Inguinal hernia surgery is one of the most common surgical procedures in early infancy. Preoperative anxiety remains a vexing issue, and it exists in nearly 50% of pediatric patients

Conditions

  • Inguinal Hernia Repair

Interventions

DRUG

buccal midazolam +oral placebo syrup

Children received oral chloral hydrate (Chloral Hydrate mixture, concentration at 0.5gm/5ml, 250 ml bottle, prepared at abo Elreesh pharmacy, Elmoneerah , Egypt) at 50 mg /kg, intranasal dexmedetomidine at 2 μg/kg and buccal normal saline. Dexmedetomidine used was preservative-free dexmedetomidine (Precedex, 2ml ampoule,100 ug /ml, Hospira, Inc, Rocky Mount, USA) in a concentration of 100 μg/mL. Undiluted drug was withdrawn into a 1 mL tuberculin syringe.

DRUG

oral chloral hydrate,intranasal dexmedetomidine and buccal normal saline

Children received oral chloral hydrate (Chloral Hydrate mixture, concentration at 0.5gm/5ml, 250 ml bottle, prepared at abo Elreesh pharmacy, Elmoneerah , Egypt) at 50 mg /kg, intranasal dexmedetomidine at 2 μg/kg and buccal normal saline. Dexmedetomidine used was preservative-free dexmedetomidine (Precedex, 2ml ampoule,100 ug /ml, Hospira, Inc, Rocky Mount, USA) in a concentration of 100 μg/mL. Undiluted drug was withdrawn into a 1 mL tuberculin syringe.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Benha University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ramy Saleh, MD · Anesthesia and surgical ICU department, Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Egypt

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Max Age
7 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-03-26
Primary Completion
2024-03-26
Completion
2024-04-24

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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