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Dexmedetomidine pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamicsin mechanically ventilated children with single-organ respiratory failure

Conditions
Patients admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit with single-organ respiratory failure
Registration Number
EUCTR2009-016785-88-BE
Lead Sponsor
niversity Hospital Ghent
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

- patients admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit
- expected to require at least 24h of mechanical ventilation
- patient age : 1 month-15 years
- patients with single-organ respiratory failure

Are the trial subjects under 18? yes
Number of subjects for this age range:
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) no
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F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) no
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Exclusion Criteria

- patients with neurologic conditions that prohibit an evaluation of adequate analgosedation
- no arterial catheter in place at inclusion
- patients who have received another investigational drug within 30 days
- patients on continuous infusion with neuromuscular blockers
- patients with a life expectancy <72h
- patients with a known allergy to lorazepam, midazolam and/or morphine
- heart block
- pre-existing bradycardia
- hemodynamically unstable patients (Wernovsky index > 16 points) after full fluid replacement with cristalloid
- paients with significant renal insufficiency (creatinine plasma level 1 month-5 year : > 1 mg/dl ; 5-10 years : >1.2 mg/dl; > 10 years : > 1.5 mg/dl)
- patients with significant hepatic insufficiency (aspartate aminase >950 UI/L and prothrombin time < 60 or INR >1.4)
- previous treatment with a2-adrenoreceptor agonist clonidine within 14 days

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
Study Design
Not specified
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