Clinical trials: Surgery in Children
Surgery
Gastric Ultrasound
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate gastric volume and contents as well as gall bladder size in patients scheduled for routine, urgent, and emergency surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT04127331
- Testing
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Alok Moharir
Heart Defects, Congenital, Hyperglycemia
SPECS: Safe Pediatric Euglycemia in Cardiac Surgery
Critically ill children, including children undergoing heart surgery, commonly develop elevated blood glucose (also known as "blood sugar") levels during their illness, which can lead to poor health outcomes and an increased risk…
- Trial name
- SPECS (NCT00443599)
- Testing
- Insulin, Usual Care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 989 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Postoperative Pain, Acute Pain
Pharmacokinetic, Efficacy and Safety Study of Tapentadol Oral Solution in Children With Postoperative Pain
To find out if a drug called tapentadol administered by mouth safely relieves pain in children. Look at the amount of tapentadol in the blood after a single oral dose.
- Trial name
- NCT01729728
- Testing
- Tapentadol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 86 people
- Sponsor
- Grünenthal GmbH
Cataract
Loteprednol vs Prednisolone for the Treatment of Intraocular Inflammation Following Cataract Surgery in Children.
The objective of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety for the treatment of postoperative inflammation following ocular surgery for childhood cataract.
- Trial name
- NCT01475643
- Testing
- Loteprednol etabonate, Prednisolones acetate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 107 people
- Sponsor
- Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
Orthopedic Disorder
Parental Perceptions on Prescription Opioid Use
This study involves an anonymous survey given to parents regarding their perceptions on prescription opioid use for pain control in children undergoing orthopedic surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT05344118
- Testing
- Survey
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 125 people
- Sponsor
- Nationwide Children's Hospital
Postoperative Pain
A Retrospective Investigation of Local Anesthetic Concentrations in Femoral Nerve Block
The purpose of this study is to retrospectively compare perioperative pain relief and safety in pediatric patients who have received a femoral nerve block with varying concentrations of local anesthetic.
- Trial name
- NCT02501135
- Testing
- Femoral nerve block with ropivacaine or bupivacaine
- Volunteers
- 281 people
- Sponsor
- Giorgio Veneziano
Surgery
Calibration and Validation of Masimo's O3 Regional Oximetry Device in Neonates, Infants and Children
The study will collect cerebral oximetry data from pediatric and neonatal subjects using the Masimo O3 regional oximetry device, for the purposes of device calibration and validation.
- Trial name
- NCT03123354
- Testing
- O3 regional oximeter sensor
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- Masimo Corporation
Acute Kidney Injury
Aminophylline to Prevent Acute Kidney Injury in Children After Cardiac Surgery
Children with congenital heart defects often need cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (the "heart-lung machine"). Approximately 35 to 50% of these children will have "acute kidney injury," or damage to the kidneys, after…
- Trial name
- KIDPROAM (NCT01245595)
- Testing
- Aminophylline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Pain
Measuring the Amount of Methadone or Morphine in the Blood of Neonates, Infants & Children After Cardiac Surgery.
Study Population: Neonates, infants and children from birth to 5 years of age undergoing cardiac surgery with CPB. The use of methadone to provide analgesia may be increasing due to advantages compared to other commonly used…
- Trial name
- NCT01094522
- Testing
- Methadone, Morphine
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Congenital Heart Disease
The Effect of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning Applied in Children the Day Before Open Heart Surgery
The study research is to analyse brief episodes of limb ischemia applied to children the day before open heart surgery as protection from myocardial injury induced by extracorporeal circulation.
- Trial name
- NCT00868101
- Testing
- Remote ischemic preconditioning
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Anesthesia, Caudal
Caudal Block Versus Local Wound Infiltration for Inguinal Procedures
Single-centre observational study to analyse whether there is a difference in post-operative pain scores and set up time when comparing caudal block with local wound infiltration
- Trial name
- NCT04590027
- Volunteers
- 86 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Tuebingen
Pain, Pain, Postoperative
Biofeedback Based Virtual Reality Intervention to Manage Postoperative Pain
To develop and refine a technology based treatment protocol for preoperative education and training and postoperative care in children and adolescents undergoing surgery.
- Conditions
- Pain, Pain, Postoperative, Pain, Acute, Surgery
- Trial name
- NCT04943874
- Testing
- Technology Based Intervention Group 1, Technology Based Intervention Group 2
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 93 people
- Sponsor
- Vanessa Olbrecht
Anesthesia, Child
Performance Evaluation of the Depth of Anesthesia Monitors in Pediatric Surgery
The purpose of this study is to determine how Bispectral index (BIS) and Entropy EEG monitors agree between themselves and with end-tidal concentration of sevoflurane (ETsevo) in relationship with the age in the pediatric surgery…
- Trial name
- NCT02240368
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Foggia
Congenital Heart Disease in Children, Inflammatory Response
STeroids to REduce Systemic Inflammation After Infant Heart Surgery
This study's objective is to determine the pharmacokinetics (PK)/pharmacodynamics (PD), safety and efficacy of methylprednisolone in infants undergoing heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.
- Trial name
- STRESS (NCT03229538)
- Testing
- Methylprednisolone, Isotonic saline
- Where
- 23 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,263 people
- Sponsor
- Kevin Hill
Sarcoma
Surgery and/or Chemotherapy in Treating Children With Infantile, Congenital, or Childhood Fibrosarcoma
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving combination chemotherapy before surgery may shrink the tumor so that it can be removed.
- Trial name
- NCT00072280
- Testing
- dactinomycin, cyclophosphamide, etoposide
- Where
- 74 sites in United States, Australia and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Congenital Heart Defects
Assessing the Hemodynamic Benefits of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Children Following Open-Heart Surgery
Malformations of the heart (congenital heart disease) are the most common congenital birth defects, occurring in about 1% of children.
- Trial name
- NCT00397514
- Testing
- Congenital Heart Surgery Patients
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Obesity, DM
Lap-Band Surgery on Adolescents for Safety and Efficacy
This study is to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the use of the LAP-BAND surgery in the morbidly obese adolescent population.
- Trial name
- ALAGB (NCT00587301)
- Testing
- Lap-Band
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 119 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Tracheal Intubation Morbidity
Success of Pediatric Anesthesiologists in Learning to Use Videolaryngoscopes
There are two new instruments on the market that anesthesiologists use when putting a breathing tube into the lungs of patients. The purpose of this study is to see how easily anesthesiologists can learn to use them in children.
- Trial name
- NCT01215422
- Testing
- timed intubation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 646 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Congenital Heart Disease, Disorder of Fetus or Newborn
Corticosteroid Therapy in Neonates Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Although cardiopulmonary bypass (heart-lung machine) is a necessary component of heart surgery, it is not without consequences. Cardiopulmonary bypass initiates a potent inflammatory response secondary to the body's recognition…
- Trial name
- NCT01579513
- Testing
- Methylprednisolone
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 190 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Medulloblastoma
Study Assessing the Feasibility of a Surgery and Chemotherapy-Only in Children With Wnt Positive Medulloblastoma
Participants enrolling on this study will receive standard of care chemotherapy for Wnt positive medulloblastoma without the radiation therapy or the weekly chemotherapy that is given during radiation therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT02212574
- Testing
- Lomustine, Vincristine, Cisplatin
- Where
- 16 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins