Premedication With Oral Midazolam in Patients Undergoing Rigid Cystoscopy: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial

Hospital Authority, Hong Kong

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cystoscopy

Treatments: Drug: Midazolam

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00563069

CRE-2005.250-T

HARECCTR0500009

Details and patient eligibility

About

To investigate the efficacy of oral midazolam for patients undergoing rigid cystoscopy in:

1. relieving patient's anxiety and improving satisfaction
2. reducing procedure-related pain
3. facilitating the diagnostic and therapeutic interventions during rigid cystoscopy

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Elective rigid cystoscopy
• Either diagnostic or therapeutic
• Age between 18 to 80

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with allergy to midazolam or other benzodiazepine groups
• Pregnancy
• Emergency rigid cystoscopy
• ASA class 3 or above
• Patients on psychiatric medications
• Alcoholics

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Double Blind