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Combination With Intranasal Dexmedetomidine and Oral Midazolam for Premedication in Pediatric Patients

Intranasal Dexmedetomidine or Oral Midazolam Alone Versus Combination With Intranasal Dexmedetomidine and Oral Midazolam for Premedication in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Minor Surgery

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04135014
Enrollment
138
Registered
2019-10-22
Start date
2019-10-25
Completion date
2020-10-31
Last updated
2019-11-05

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Conditions

Anxiety

Brief summary

Children tend to anxiety and even fear before survey. And this kind of anxiety will not result in the forced induction of anesthesia, but also may increase the incidence of postoperative agitation in children, even lead to postoperative behavior changes.Currently,Oral midazolam or intranasal dexmedetomidine alone is commonly used as a preoperative regimen, but the clinical effects of each single-use are not satisfactory. In the investigators' study,the researchers conducted the current study to investigate whether dexmedetomidine combined with midazolam can increase the rate of satisfactory anesthesia induction in pediatric patients and achieve better sedative effect.

Detailed description

A trained member of the research team obtained a baseline The Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale(mYPAS) after obtaining consent. And corresponding study medication is administered about 30-40 minutes before the anesthesia induction.Vital signs were measured every 5 min after study medication administration.The sedation scores of the children were recorded with University of Michigan Sedation Scale (UMSS) every 10 minutes.The onset time of satisfactory sedation and parental separation anxiety scale was noted.Then recorded the degree of cooperation during inhalation anesthesia induction and recovery times.Moreover, recorded the pediatric anesthesia emergence delirium scale (PAED) during the recovery period.

Interventions

DRUGMidazolam

oral midazolam 0.5mg.kg-1 approximately 30-40 minutes before surgery using a computer-generated random number table.

DRUGDexmedetomidine

intranasal dexmedetomidine 2µg.kg-1 approximately 30-40 mins before surgery using a computer-generated random number table.

DRUGMidazolam and Dexmedetomidine

oral midazolam 0.5mg.kg-1 and intranasal dexmedetomidine 1ug.kg-1 approximately 30-40 mins before surgery using a computer-generated random number table.

Sponsors

Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
2 Years to 6 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

1. with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I or II; 2. aged 2-6 years; 3. children with weight for age within the normal range 4. were scheduled lower abdominal and perineal surgery with an expected operation time shorter than 30 minutes.

Exclusion criteria

1. Children who had gastrointestinal,Cardiovascular or endocrine dysfunction; 2. contraindication to preoperative sedation or had a known allergy or hypersensitive reaction to either dexmedetomidine or midazolam; 3. with any nasal pathology,organ dysfunction; 4. recently respiratory infection, mental disorder; 5. other reasons that researchers hold it is not appropriate to participate in this trial.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
The degree of cooperation during inhalation anesthesia inductionDuring inhalation anesthesia inductionInduction Compliance Checklist range from 0 through 10,and lower scores indicate the higher degree of cooperation during inhalation anesthesia induction

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
The level of sedationEach 10 minutes during the preoperative periodUniversity of Michigan Sedation Scale: 0 -Awake/Alert 1 -Minimally Sedated: Tired/sleepy, appropriate response to verbal conversation and/or sounds. 2- Moderately Sedated: Somnolent/sleeping, easily aroused with light tactile stimulation. 3 - Deeply Sedated: Deep sleep, arousable only with significant physical stimulation. 4 - Unarousable. higher scores mean a higher levels of sedation.
The onset time of satisfactory sedationDuring the preoperative periodThe onset time of satisfactory sedation, defined as the time from drug administration to the time when the University of Michigan Sedation Scale reached two points. University of Michigan Sedation Scale: 0 -Awake/Alert 1 -Minimally Sedated: Tired/sleepy, appropriate response to verbal conversation and/or sounds. 2- Moderately Sedated: Somnolent/sleeping, easily aroused with light tactile stimulation. 3 - Deeply Sedated: Deep sleep, arousable only with significant physical stimulation. 4 - Unarousable. higher scores mean a higher levels of sedation.
Parental separation anxiety scaleDuring the preoperative periodA four-point parental separation anxiety scale as follows: 1. -Easy separation, 2. -Whimpers, but is easily reassured, not clinging, 3. \- Cries and cannot be easily reassured, but not clinging to parents, 4. \- Crying and clinging to parents. The scores of 1 and 2 signified acceptable separation whereas scores of 3 and 4 were classified as difficult separation.
Anxiety before induction of anesthesiaBefore preoperative medicationThe Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale: The 22-item measure has five behavioural categories: activity, emotional expressivity, alertness and arousal, vocalizations, and interaction with parents. Total scores range from 23.33 through 100 with higher scores indicating greater anxiety.
Pediatric anesthesia emergence deliriumWithin up to 15-30 minutes after child's first eye opening in the postoperative periodThe pediatric anesthesia emergence delirium scale consists of four items. Each item is scored 0-4 yielding a total between 0 and 20. The degree of emergence delirium increased directly with the total score.pediatric anesthesia emergence delirium scale ≥12 at any time indicates presence of emergence delirium.
Number of children with adverse effectsUp to 24 hours including preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative periodsNumber of children with adverse effects 1. Bradycardia and/or hypotension need for hemodynamic support 2. Desaturation is defined as Oxygen desaturation \<90% 3. Salivation 4. Any adverse effects requiring interventions
Recovery timesWithin up to 30 minutes after child's first eye opening in the postoperative periodThe time from discontinuation of sevoflurane to the first open eye of the children and to achieve aldrete≥9

Countries

China

Contacts

Primary ContactHuacheng Liu
huachengliu@163.com18957755138
Backup ContactYuhang Cai
838097626@qq.com18815091585

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026