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iPad for Post Operative Pain After Tonsillectomy

NCT07770529 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2026-08-18

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the clinical effectiveness of presenting iPads (Tablet Based Interactive Distraction) to pediatric patients following tonsillectomies/adenotonsillectomies. This randomized controlled trial compares rescue analgesia administration, pain scores, emergence delirium scores, and perio-operative parental satisfaction between subjects either receiving or not receiving an iPad in the postoperative period.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

iPad

Tablet Based Interactive Distraction (TBID) involves subjects either passively watching video content or actively engaging in video games on an iPad tablet.

BEHAVIORAL

Intervention Control

Subjects in control comparator group receive postoperative standard of care, per study protocol. No Tablet Based Interactive Distraction (TBID) is used.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Samuel Seiden, M.D. · Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
10 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-07-31
Primary Completion
2017-12-06
Completion
2017-12-06

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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