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Clinical Trials/NCT05681572
NCT05681572
Recruiting
Phase 3

" Effect of Sedative and Anxiolytic Premedication on Children Experience After General Anesthesia " The pediaPREM Study.

University Hospital, Montpellier1 site in 1 country1,000 target enrollmentApril 18, 2023

Overview

Phase
Phase 3
Intervention
Midazolam
Conditions
Anesthesia
Sponsor
University Hospital, Montpellier
Enrollment
1000
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
EVANpedia Score
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
last year

Overview

Brief Summary

Children undergoing general anesthesia for surgery commonly need sedative and anxiolytic premedication but little clinical evidence supports is benefit for children older than 7 years old.

The aim of this prospective randomized clinical trial is to assess the impact of pharmacologic premedication on perioperative children experience.

Detailed Description

Surgery is a stressful experience in children with preoperative and postoperative anxiety. For preschooler undergoing surgery, anxiety is the highest in the preoperative period. Most of studies have been conducted on young children (\< 7yrs old) to show the relationship between preoperative anxiety and emergence of delirium and postoperative maladaptive behavioral changes. Sedative and anxiolytic medication is frequently used in children to reduce anxiety and postoperative maladaptive experiences. Nevertheless, little clinical evidence supports is benefit for children older than 7 years. Treating anxiety is not necessarily associated with better experience in all children because premedication causes postoperative sedation, amnesia and cognitive impairment. The aim of this prospective randomized clinical trial is to assess the impact of pharmacologic premedication on perioperative children experience using self-report questionnaire. Patients are randomized to 2 groups to received pharmacologic premedication or placebo. For the premedication group, children are randomly allocated to be premedicated with either with the midazolam or dexmedetomidine

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
April 18, 2023
End Date
October 18, 2027
Last Updated
last year
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Responsible Party
Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Subject over 7 and under 18 years of age
  • Subjects who are scheduled for surgery
  • Subject who will be under general anesthesia
  • Subject able to complete a self-questionnaire in French

Exclusion Criteria

  • Subject who has already participated in the pediaPREM study
  • Subject with a treated anxiety disorder
  • Subject with cognitive disorders
  • Subject suffering from chronic pain (outside the operated area)
  • Subject with ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) with or without hyperactivity, with or without treatment
  • Subject suffering from mental retardation
  • Subjects receiving psychotropic treatment
  • Subject whose intervention could reduce the ability to complete a self-questionnaire (neurosurgery etc.)
  • Subject with a contra-indication to midazolam and its excipients
  • Subject with a contra-indication to dexmedetomidine and its excipients

Arms & Interventions

Premedication Group (Midazolam)

Midazolam (0,5 mg/kg; max 10 mg), oral administration, 45 minutes prior entering in the operating room

Intervention: Midazolam

Premedication Group (Dexmedetomidine)

Dexmedetomidine (2 µg/kg), oral administration, 45 minutes prior entering in the operating room

Intervention: Dexmedetomidine

Placebo Group

grenadine syrup (3 mL), oral administration, 45 minutes prior entering in the operating room

Intervention: Placebo

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

EVANpedia Score

Time Frame: from the day of surgery up to the day one after surgery

To evaluate patient experience of the perioperative and post-operative period

Secondary Outcomes

  • VAS-anxiety Scores(from preoperative period up to 6 postoperative month)
  • Postoperative waking delay(from the end of the surgery up to the exit of the recovery room)
  • Modified Brice questionnaire Score(from the day of surgery up to 1 day)
  • Post Hospitalization Behavior Scores(15 postoperative days)
  • quality of life(6 postoperative months)
  • neuropathic pain(6 postoperative month)
  • FPS-r scores(from the end of the surgery up to 6 post-operative month)
  • Quality of life PedsQL(Up to 6 months post-operatively)

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