Reversal of General Anesthesia With Methylphenidate

Completed · Phase 1/Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Post Operative Cognitive Dysfunction, Emergence From Anesthesia

In brief

The aim of this study is to investigate whether methylphenidate (Ritalin) can actively induce emergence from general anesthesia in patients having a pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure), a pancreatectomy, or a prostatectomy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02051452

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

32

Starts

2014-11-01

Expected to finish

2018-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-08-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18-75 years
• American Society of Anesthesiologists classification 1 or 2
• Scheduled to undergo a pancreaticoduodenectomy or distal pancreatectomy at Massachusetts General Hospital

You may not qualify if…

• American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification of 3 or beyond.

Where it is running

• Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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