Great Auricular Nerve Block for Children Undergoing Tympanomastoid Surgery

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Tympanomastoid Surgery, Cochlear Implant, Mastoidectomy, Cholesteatoma

In brief

The investigators goal is to determine the efficacy and duration of analgesia with the addition of Clonidine, an alpha-2 agonist, to local anesthetic blockade using bupivacaine, of the great auricular nerve in children undergoing tympanomastoid surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01638052

Run by

Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

People needed

56

Starts

2006-02-01

Expected to finish

2008-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-08-04

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• age 1-18 years
• tympanomastoid surgery (cochlear implant, mastoidectomy, cholesteatoma surgery)
• ASA I, II
• informed consent and assent obtained

You may not qualify if…

• allergic to local anesthestic
• taking chronic aspirin or Ibuprofen therapy
• ASA IV
• history of clinically important renal, hepatic, respiratory, cardiac, or neurological conditions
• Patients who have cardiovascular surgery other than an atrial septal defect or a ventricular septal defect, or who have undergone complete corrective intracardiac repair of congenital heart disease.
• Informed consent not obtained
• Patients expected to receive dexamethasone or ondansetron intra-operative

Where it is running

• Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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