Effect of Sedative and Anxiolytic Premedication on Children Experience After General Anesthesia (NCT05681572) | Clinical Trial Compass
RecruitingPhase 3
Effect of Sedative and Anxiolytic Premedication on Children Experience After General Anesthesia
France1,000 participantsStarted 2023-04-18
Plain-language summary
Children undergoing general anesthesia for surgery commonly need sedative and anxiolytic premedication but little clinical evidence supports is benefit for children older than 7 years old.
The aim of this prospective randomized clinical trial is to assess the impact of pharmacologic premedication on perioperative children experience.
Who can participate
Age range7 Years – 18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Subject over 7 and under 18 years of age
* Subjects who are scheduled for surgery
* Subject who will be under general anesthesia
* Subject able to complete a self-questionnaire in French
Exclusion Criteria:
* Subject who has already participated in the pediaPREM study
* Subject with a treated anxiety disorder
* Subject with cognitive disorders
* Subject suffering from chronic pain (outside the operated area)
* Subject with ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) with or without hyperactivity, with or without treatment
* Subject suffering from mental retardation
* Subjects receiving psychotropic treatment
* Subject whose intervention could reduce the ability to complete a self-questionnaire (neurosurgery etc.)
* Subject with a contra-indication to midazolam and its excipients
* Subject with a contra-indication to dexmedetomidine and its excipients
* Subjects who need to receive intravenous alpha agonist in perioperative
* Subjects requiring emergency intervention
* Subjects requiring preoperative hypnosis
* Subject who needs general anesthesia for diagnostic purposes (biopsy, etc...)
* Subject having had a surgical intervention in the month preceding the inclusion.
* Subject who will have an iterative surgical intervention within 15 days (removal of material, burns etc...)
* Subjects who are scheduled for surgery as part of oncology management
* Pregnant or breastfeeding woman
* Subject whose two parents have not signed a written informed consent
* Subjects w…
What they're measuring
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EVANpedia Score
Timeframe: from the day of surgery up to the day one after surgery