Low Dose Ketamine as an Adjunct to Fentanyl in Outpatient Tonsillectomy

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pain
• Interventions: Drug: Placebo; Drug: ketamine

• Registration Number: NCT00587665
• Lead Sponsor: Mayo Clinic

Brief Summary

Comparing patients receiving subanesthetic doses of Ketamine vs placebo to see if it can reduce narcotic needs for patients receiving a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-08
• Primary Completion: 2007-10
• Status Verified: 2007-12
• Study Completion: 2007-12
• Study First Submitted: 2007-12-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2007-12-21
• Study First Posted: 2008-01-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-06-12
• Last Update Posted: 2017-06-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 122

Inclusion Criteria

between 3 and 12 years of age

• ASA 1 or 2

Exclusion Criteria

• did not consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
2	Placebo	Saline given as control
1	ketamine	Low dose ketamine given

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
amount of post op narcotic use	5 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
degree of nausea and vomiting	5 days

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mayo Clinic; 🇺🇸 Rochester, Minnesota, United States