Low Dose Ketamine as an Adjunct to Fentanyl in Outpatient Tonsillectomy

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain

Treatments: Drug: Placebo; Drug: ketamine

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00587665

1896-05

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparing patients receiving subanesthetic doses of Ketamine vs placebo to see if it can reduce narcotic needs for patients receiving a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy

Enrollment: 122 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:between 3 and 12 years of age

• ASA 1 or 2

Exclusion Criteria:

• did not consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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122 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

1

Experimental group

Description:

Low dose ketamine given

Treatment:

Drug: ketamine

2

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Saline given as control

Treatment:

Drug: Placebo