Nebulized Dexmedetomidine Combined With Ketamine Versus Nebulized Dexmedetomidine for Cleft Palate

Recruiting now · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Sedation, Emergence Delirium

In brief

To compare the efficacy of the pre-operative nebulization of a combination of dexmedetomidine and ketamine versus nebulization of dexmedetomidine alone for sedation and prevention of emergence delirium in children undergoing cleft palate repair surgeries.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05821972

Run by

Assiut University

People needed

60

Starts

2024-04-10

Expected to finish

2025-10-30

Last updated by the study team

2025-10-03

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 4. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I \& II who will be scheduled for cleft palate repair surgeries

You may not qualify if…

• Parent refusal
• Allergy to the study drugs
• Suspected difficult airway
• Patients with endocrine, renal, hepatic, and cardiac pathology
• Psychiatric diseases
• Asthmatic patients.

Where it is running

• Assiut University — Asyut, Egypt (enrolling)

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