Effects of Dexmedetomidine on Tourniquet Pain Associated With Lower Extremity Surgeries Under General Anesthesia

Withdrawn before enrolling · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Orthopedic/Podiatry Procedures

In brief

This study is being done to determine if the drug known as dexmedetomidine improves the way we care for patients when their surgery involves the use of a tourniquet on the leg. A tourniquet is sometimes used for lower leg or foot surgery to decrease the blood loss for the patient and to make it easier for the surgeon to do his work.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00932386

Run by

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

People needed

0

Starts

2009-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients undergoing lower extremity surgery which requires the use of an inflated tourniquet ASA rating I-III

You may not qualify if…

• Allergy to alpha 2 adrenergic agonists
• Uncontrolled hypertension (SBP>180mm HG, Diastolic Blood Pressure >110mmHG)
• Heart block greater than first degree or cardiac muscle at risk for reversible ischemia
• Airway anatomy that contra-indicates the use of a laryngeal airway mask expected tourniquet time less than 60 minutes or greater than 150 minutes
• Subjects who do not have a phone

Where it is running

• New Jersey Medical School — Newark, New Jersey, United States

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