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investigators assume that administration of preoperative melatonin will reduce the required dose of propofol in participants undergoing loco-regional chronic subdural hematoma evacuation, it may as well provide better postoperative analgesia and decrease the incidence of delirium.


Clinical Trial Description

A number of studies showed that premedication with melatonin was associated with sedation without impairment of cognitive and psychomotor skills or prolonging recovery. Some studies demonstrated that melatonin decreases the amount of propofol required to produce an adequate depth of hypnosis at induction time

The effects of the oral administration of melatonin on the dose of propofol sedation in participants undergoing loco-regional chronic subdural hematoma evacuation have not been documented before.

The present study will be conducted to detect the efficacy of oral administration of melatonin on the reduction of the sedative dose of propofol in participants undergoing loco-regional chronic subdural hematoma evacuation. ;


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NCT number NCT03732963
Study type Interventional
Source Cairo University
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Status Completed
Phase Phase 1
Start date September 5, 2018
Completion date November 7, 2018