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SedationEarly Phase 1NCT07040163

Evaluation of Ketamine/Midazolam Sedation vs. Fentanyl/Midazolam Sedation for Image-Guided Percutaneous Procedures in Interventional Radiology

A Early Phase 1 study testing ketamine, fentanyl and Midazolam in people with Sedation and Interventional Radiology, run by CAMC Health System at 1 site in United States.

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Under way, not looking for participants. Everyone needed has enrolled. The study is still running.

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Trial summary

This study aims to reduce pain during interventional radiology (IR) procedures, making the experience better for patients. Typically, doctors use medications like fentanyl and midazolam for sedation. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 90 years
Conditions the study is for
Sedation, Interventional Radiology, Biopsy
What is being tested?
ketamine, fentanyl and Midazolam
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
276 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
7 Mar 2025to Jun 2026
Phase
Early Phase 1
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 90 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Planned to undergo image-guided bone biopsy, lung biopsy, or percutaneous drainage
  • Eligible to receive ketamine or fentanyl sedation
  • Any sex/gender, any race
  • Aged 18-89

Who cannot join

  • Pregnant/lactating
  • Incarceration
  • Currently taking an opioid agonist/antagonist
  • Food consumed in past 6-8 hours
  • Allergies to drugs used in the study
  • Lacks mental capacity for reporting pain scores
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  • Hypotension or respiratory failure precluding fentanyl sedation
  • Uncontrolled hypertension precluding ketamine sedation
  • Condition for which hypertension would be a concern
  • Schizophrenia

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • CAMC Memorial

    Charleston, West Virginia, 25304

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About this study

Official title: Prospective Single-Blinded Randomized Study of Ketamine/Midazolam Sedation vs. Fentanyl/Midazolam Sedation for Image-Guided Percutaneous Procedures in Interventional Radiology

This study aims to reduce pain during interventional radiology (IR) procedures, making the experience better for patients. Typically, doctors use medications like fentanyl and midazolam for sedation. This research will focus on patients undergoing biopsies and drainage procedures, often associated with significant discomfort. Patients will be randomly assigned to receive either fentanyl/midazolam or ketamine/midazolam combinations for sedation. A coordinator will collect information on pain levels and satisfaction, as well as monitor any extra medications needed and side effects. The investigators hope to find that ketamine helps decrease pain and improves satisfaction compared to fentanyl, without increasing complications.

Read the detailed description

This project will provide the following major innovations:

  1. Improve patient experience and satisfaction: Prospective demonstration that ketamine/midazolam results in decreased peri-procedure pain scores and increased satisfaction scores would justify the use of deep sedation in IR and potentially benefit thousands of patients undergoing painful procedures in IR units across the country.
  2. Demonstrate the safety and feasibility of ketamine/midazolam sedation administered by IR providers: Showing that performing IR procedures with ketamine/midazolam is as safe or safer than performing the same procedures with fentanyl/midazolam will increase the scope of cases that IR providers can perform without the direct assistance of anesthesia providers and need for recovery in post-anesthesia care units.
  3. Provide high level data to justify creation of societal guidelines: One barrier to IR physicians performing deep sedation may be an inability to obtain hospital privileges. Emergency medicine physicians have created societal guidelines to describe the use of deep sedation, enabling successful credentialing. Publishing high quality studies showing safety and efficacy would provide a framework for IR-specific practice guidelines.

The aims of the study are as follows:

Aim 1: Prospectively compare pain and satisfaction scores in patients undergoing IR procedures with either fentanyl/midazolam or ketamine/midazolam. Patients undergoing image-guided biopsy and drainage procedures will be randomized to receive fentanyl/midazolam or ketamine/midazolam. Patients' pain will be rated using the validated 10-point Numeric Rating Scale before, during and after the procedure, and be given questionnaires based on validated anesthesia satisfaction surveys after the procedure to assess their perception of the sedation regimen. Patient groups will be compared in terms of differences on pain scores and the satisfaction survey using two-tailed Mann-Whitney tests.

Aim 2: Prospectively compare the safety of using fentanyl/midazolam or ketamine/midazolam for sedation during IR procedures. Patient groups will be compared in terms of procedure-related adverse events (e.g., hemorrhage, pneumothorax) and sedation-related adverse events (e.g., respiratory compromise) using Fisher's exact tests.

Keywords
ketamine, interventional radiology, fentanyl, sedation

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • ketamineDrug

    This is the experimental intervention to be used as an alternative sedation method to the other comparator intervention (fentanyl).

  • fentanylDrug

    This is the traditional (comparator) intervention used in interventional radiology procedure sedation.

  • MidazolamDrug

    Adjuvant administered in combination with either fentanyl (comparator) or ketamine (experimental).

Study groups in NCT07040163
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Ketamine SedationExperimentalThis arm will utilize a ketamine/midazolam combination sedation for interventional radiology procedures instead of fentanyl/midazolam combination sedation.
Receives: Drug: ketamine; Drug: Midazolam
Fentanyl SedationActive comparatorThis arm of the study will receive the traditional fentanyl/midazolam combination sedation for the interventional radiology procedure.
Receives: Drug: fentanyl; Drug: Midazolam

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) pain score

    The patient will be asked to assess their pain based on the NRS 11-point pain score system from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst possible pain) at three different time points: before the procedure (pre-procedure), during the procedure (intra-procedure), and after the procedure (peri-procedure). If the patient does not recall the procedure, it will be marked as a "0" for the intra-procedural portion.

    Measured: Baseline, peri-procedure, peri-anesthetic (minimum 2 hours post-procedure)

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Procedure-related Adverse Events and Vital Signs

    Oxygen saturation and blood pressure will be measured before and during the procedure. Adverse events, such as MET call, code call, intubation, reversal agent, pneumothorax, hemorrhage, and death, will be recorded.

    Measured: Start of the procedure, end of the procedure, and when the patient fully recovers from anesthesia well-enough to be discharged from the recovery room. These events (enrollment, procedure, and anesthesia recovery) all occur within the same day.

  2. Patient's Opinion Survey: Adequacy of Sedation Care

    The Adequacy of Sedation Care survey form (a modified version of the Heidelberg peri-anesthetic questionnaire) consists of 18 questions relating to the patient's opinion of the sedation they received. Questions 1-16 are rated on a scale from 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 4 (Strongly Agree). Question 17 asks if the patient would, in the future, have "more sedation," "same sedation," or "less sedation." Question 18 asks the patient to rate their level of pain on a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst possible pain). It will be administered after the patient has fully recovered from anesthesia, at a minimum of 2 hours post-surgery, well-enough to be discharged from the recovery room.

    Measured: Peri-anesthetic (minimum of 2 hours post-surgery)

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Jun 2025
  2. Study start7 Mar 2025
  3. Primary completion13 Feb 2026
  4. Study completionJun 2026 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Early Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
In this prospective, single-center, single-blind randomized study, all patients 18 years of age and older undergoing image-guided lung and bone biopsy and percutaneous drainage who are eligible for moderate or deep sedation will be recruited. Subjects will be randomized to receive fentanyl/midazolam or ketamine/midazolam using SPSS. Patients will be unaware of which regimen they ultimately receive.
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Participant
Enrolment
276 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT07040163
Sponsor's protocol ID
24-1149
Status last verified
Jun 2025
First submitted
29 May 2025
Last updated
23 Feb 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No: The data obtained from this study relies on patient opinion surveys and pain scales. At this time, individual patient data will not be shared. Data that is relevant to the outcomes of the study, as well as detailed statistical methods, will be included in publications that use the data gathered from this trial.

Publications

  • Sener S, Eken C, Schultz CH, Serinken M, Ozsarac M. Ketamine with and without midazolam for emergency department sedation in adults: a randomized controlled trial. Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Feb;57(2):109-114.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.09.010.

    PubMed 20970888
  • Radvansky BM, Shah K, Parikh A, Sifonios AN, Le V, Eloy JD. Role of ketamine in acute postoperative pain management: a narrative review. Biomed Res Int. 2015;2015:749837. doi: 10.1155/2015/749837. Epub 2015 Oct 1.

    PubMed 26495312
  • Lemos JN, Lemos LDCN, Solla DJF, Lemos DDCN, Modolo NSP. Patient satisfaction in ambulatory anesthesia assessed by the Heidelberg Peri-anaesthetic Questionnaire: a cross-sectional study. Braz J Anesthesiol. 2023 May-Jun;73(3):258-266. doi: 10.1016/j.bjane.2021.12.003. Epub 2021 Dec 25.

    PubMed 34963617
  • Hawker GA, Mian S, Kendzerska T, French M. Measures of adult pain: Visual Analog Scale for Pain (VAS Pain), Numeric Rating Scale for Pain (NRS Pain), McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ), Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ), Chronic Pain Grade Scale (CPGS), Short Form-36 Bodily Pain Scale (SF-36 BPS), and Measure of Intermittent and Constant Osteoarthritis Pain (ICOAP). Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2011 Nov;63 Suppl 11:S240-52. doi: 10.1002/acr.20543. No abstract available.

    PubMed 22588748
  • Cashman JN, Ng L. The management of peri- and postprocedural pain in interventional radiology: a narrative review. Pain Manag. 2017 Nov;7(6):523-535. doi: 10.2217/pmt-2017-0024. Epub 2017 Nov 10.

    PubMed 29125398
  • Sutley SH, Kraut RA. A comparison of transcutaneous PO2 in patients sedated with diazepam-fentanyl or midazolam-fentanyl. Anesth Prog. 1989 May-Jun;36(3):93-7.

    PubMed 2638156
  • Boggs SD, Barnett SR, Urman RD. The future of nonoperating room anesthesia in the 21st century: emphasis on quality and safety. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2017 Dec;30(6):644-651. doi: 10.1097/ACO.0000000000000528.

    PubMed 28984638
  • Deipolyi AR, Bommineni M, Ahmad A, Belcher A, Dugan B, Mattox E, Korona MV, Cooper S, Dean S. Ketamine Plus Midazolam versus Fentanyl Plus Midazolam for Sedation and Analgesia during Image-guided Procedures in Interventional Radiology: Randomized Clinical Trial. Radiology. 2026 Sep;320(3):e260671. doi: 10.1148/radiol.260671.

    PubMed 42708854

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Early Phase 1 study testing ketamine, fentanyl and Midazolam in people with Sedation and Interventional Radiology, run by CAMC Health System at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 10 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 23 Feb 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Early Phase 1 (sometimes called Phase 0) studies give a very small amount of a treatment to a few people, mainly to see how the body handles it.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) pain score (time frame: Baseline, peri-procedure, peri-anesthetic (minimum 2 hours post-procedure)). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT07040163, which also lists 8 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 23 Feb 2026.

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