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Application of Esketamine in Anesthesia of Autism Children

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT05960942
Lead Sponsor
The Second Hospital of Nanjing Medical University
Brief Summary

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a group of serious neurodevelopmental disorders. Autistic children appear with significant frequency for medical services, lots of which requiring procedural sedation or anaesthesia. Autistic children have often been described as difficult to sedate or anesthetize due to a variety of ASD symptoms. It is a challenging task to provide safe and effective sedation during the procedure of colonic TET for FMT in autism children. The investigators intend to explore an optimum anesthetic regimen for autism children undergoing endoscopic procedures.

Detailed Description

Autistic children appear with significant frequency for medical services, lots of which requiring procedural sedation or anaesthesia. The participants have often been described as difficult to sedate or anesthetize due to a variety of ASD symptoms. It is a challenging task to provide safe and effective sedation during the procedure of colonic TET for FMT in autism children. The primary objective was to compare the clinical efficacy and safety of propofol-esketamine (PE) with propofol-sufentanil (PS) for deep sedation in the procedure of colonic TET in ASD children. A secondary objective was to compare adverse events (AEs) and recovery in those children during/after either PE or PS sedation.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
120
Inclusion Criteria
  • (1) aged 2-12 years;
  • (2) diagnosed with ASD by pediatric psychiatrists in accordance with the criteria in the Fifth Edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V);
  • (3) evaluated as American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-II;
  • (4) scheduled for colonic TET procedure.
Exclusion Criteria
  • (1) oral sedation (premedication) before intravenous catheter placement;
  • (2) any contraindication to study medications;
  • (3) other circumstances in which the investigator determined that a patient was not suitable for participation in the clinical trial.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
propofol-sufentanilpropofol-sufentanil-
propofol-esketaminepropofol combined with esketamine-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
first movement timeUp to 1 hour after the procedure

the time from arriving Postanesthesia care unit to first gross limb movement after procedure

movement score during the procedurethrough study completion, an average of 10 minutes

(1 = no movement; 2 = semipurposeful allowing continuation of the procedure; 3 = vigorous purposeful movements withholding the procedure)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
adverse eventUp to 24 hour after the procedure

(including hypoxia (SpO2 \<93% for \>10 seconds) or respiratory depression (apnea \>15 seconds), hypotension (mean arterial pressure \< 20% from baseline) or bradycardia (heart rate \< 60 /min and/or decrease in heart rate \> 20% from baseline) were recorded.

degree of emergence agitationUp to 2 hour after the procedure

1 = calm; 2 = not calm but could be easily calmed; 3 = not easily calmed, moderately agitated or restless; and 4 = combative, excited, or disoriented, trashing around

time to full recoveryUp to 3 hour after the procedure

achieve modified Aldrete score of 10 with the vital signs being normal and stable

arterial blood pressurethrough study completion, an average of 15 minutes

arterial blood pressure was measured noninvasively

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sir Run Run Hospital

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Nanjing, China

Sir Run Run Hospital
🇨🇳Nanjing, China

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