Trauma Clinical Trial - The Effects of the Anesthetic Ketamine in Young

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

In the emergency department (ED), ketamine is a popular anesthetic agent during sedation of children for painful and other short procedures. Sedation for procedures is more commonly used in children than adults, to achieve motion control and cooperation. In children, ketamine offers an ideal choice due to the fact that it is short acting, a highly effective sedative, and preserves cardio-respiratory stability. In the United States, more than one million children per year up to four years of age undergo short procedures requiring anesthestic agents, including ketamine. However, there is mounting concern from animal studies and retrospective human research regarding the safety of ketamine when administered to infants and young children with respect to its potential toxic effects on the developing . Conversely, ketamine has also been suggested as a neuroprotective agent. Prompt investigation and resolution of this issue is urgently required.

Clinical Trial Description

The objectives of this study are:

Primary Objective: In otherwise healthy children between 3 and 48 months of age who present to a tertiary care emergency department and receive procedural sedation with ketamine, to determine if there is at least a 50% increase, compared to baseline in the serum concentration of any of the neurotoxicity biomarkers S100B, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) or neuronal-specific enolase (NSE), 1 to 3 hours after intravenous ketamine administration. The cut-off of 50% is a benchmark value routinely quoted in both animal and human studies, which correlated neurotoxicity biomarker levels with functional outcomes.

Secondary Objectives: In the aforementioned population:

1. To determine if at least a 50% increase in the serum concentration of S100B, GFAP or NSE compared to baseline at 6 to 12 hours after intravenous ketamine administration.

2. To explore if genotypes relevant to ketamine metabolism and disposition are associated with increased vulnerability to the neurotoxic effects of ketamine.

3. To determine the toxic effect of ketamine administration at the cellular level (evidence of sustainable cellular damage and mitochondrial DNA changes). ;

Study Design

Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Trauma

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT02650154
Study type	Observational
Source	The Hospital for Sick Children
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	August 2013
Completion date	February 2016

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The Effects of the Anesthetic Ketamine in Young Children Undergoing Procedural Sedation

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