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Procedural Pain Management by Multimodal Sedation Analgesia Combining Hypnosis in Children With Congenital Heart Disease

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Procedural Pain
Heart Surgery
Congenital Heart Disease
Hypnosis
Interventions
Other: Hypnosis
Drug: Conventional medications used for sedation-analgesia
Drug: Medications used in addition to hypnosis
Registration Number
NCT06373627
Lead Sponsor
Fondation Hôpital Saint-Joseph
Brief Summary

The aim of this prospective randomized controlled trial is to evaluate therapeutic hypnosis as a co-analgesia in thoracic drain removal in children with congenital heart disease. The hypothesis of this study is that therapeutic hypnosis combined with a minimal effective dose of medicated and inhaled sedation-analgesia is not inferior to higher doses of sedation-analgesia usually employed. This would make possible the reduction of cumulative dose of sedative medication and their side effects.

Detailed Description

Pain and anxiety are common in children with congenital heart disease. They are at risk to develop impaired pain signal processing, and tolerance to opioids and benzodiazepines due to repeated exposure.

Removal of thoracic drains is a standard procedure following cardiac surgery in patients with congenital heart disease. This procedure is usually performed after multimodal sedation-analgesia (intraveinous and inhalation drugs). However, the drugs used (ketamine and midazolam) can have significant side-effects, such as respiratory and circulatory depression.

A few studies have shown the efficacy of therapeutic hypnosis and distractive methods in children, but with a low level of evidence, unlike in adults.

However, none of these studies has evaluated therapeutic hypnosis in children with congenital heart disease.

Hypnosis would be an additional way of better controlling procedural pain, without the side effects of medication. This would reduce the dose of analgesic drugs and improve the pain experience.

The aim of PEACE-Hypno is to evaluate therapeutic hypnosis as a co-analgesic way of thoracic drain removal in children with congenital heart disease.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
104
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients aged ⩾ 6 years and <18 years.
  • Postoperative cardiac surgery patients with intrathoracic drains (pleural or mediastinal).
  • Patients affiliated with or benefiting from a social security or similar scheme.
  • Oral consent obtained from minor children
  • Written consent from the minor's legal representatives
Exclusion Criteria
  • Psychomotor retardation, cognitive/psychiatric impairment preventing self-assessment of pain
  • Absence of at least 1 legal representative of the minor child
  • French not understood

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
HypnosisHypnosisHypnosis + MEOPA + direct intravenous Ketamine (0.3 mg/kg) In the event of insufficient analgesia or failure of hypnosis, a 2nd dose of ketamine (0.3 mg/kg) may be administered.
HypnosisMedications used in addition to hypnosisHypnosis + MEOPA + direct intravenous Ketamine (0.3 mg/kg) In the event of insufficient analgesia or failure of hypnosis, a 2nd dose of ketamine (0.3 mg/kg) may be administered.
Conventional sedation-analgesiaConventional medications used for sedation-analgesiaMEOPA + direct intravenous Ketamine (0.5 mg/kg) + direct intravenous Midazolam (50 µg/kg) In accordance with current service protocol.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Primary Outcome : Pain evaluation by VAS self-assessmentVAS will be measured 5 minutes before the start of the procedure (T0) and at the end of the procedure (T1) to assess the average pain intensity during drain removal.

The use of therapeutic hypnosis in addition to a minimal effective dose of intravenous and inhaled sedation-analgesia does not change level of pain generated by conventional sedation-analgesia during intrathoracic drain removal in children aged 6 to 18 years with congenital heart disease, self-assessed by VAS.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Hetero-assessment by FLACC scale of the pain during the intrathoracic drain removalScoring of the FLACC scale by the evaluator through study completion (up to1 year), blinded to the allocation arm, based on the video recorded during the procedure.

The use of therapeutic hypnosis in addition to a minimal effective dose of intravenous and inhaled sedation-analgesia generates non-inferior pain to that generated by conventional sedation-analgesia during intrathoracic drain removal in children aged 6-18 years with congenital heart disease, in hetero-assessment by FLACC by a blinded assigning arm assessor.

Maximum heart rateThe maximum heart rate is measured during the intrathoracic drain removal, through the beginning to the end of procedure

Comparison between the two groups of the maximum heart rate during intrathoracic drain removal, measured continuously on a monitor.

Cumulative doses of intravenous analgesicsCumulative doses of intravenous analgesics refer to drugs administered from the beginning to the end of the procedure.

Comparison between the two groups of the cumulative doses of Ketamine and Midazolam used during the procedure.

Respiratory depressionThe number of respiratory depression is measured during the intrathoracic drain removal, through the beginning to the end of procedure.

Comparison between the two groups of the number of episodes of respiratory depression corresponding to a respiratory rate of less than 10/min, measured continuously using the scope.

Parental satisfaction using Visual Analogic Scale (VAS)Parents evaluate their satisfaction the day after the procedure (D+1), with a minimal value of 0/10 (e.g no satisfaction), and a maximal value of 10/10 (maximal satisfaction)

Parents evaluate their satisfaction about the procedure, using a VAS self-assessment.

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