Clinical trials: Tonsillectomy
Pain
Magnesium vs Placebo for Tonsillectomy
This study is a double-blind randomized controlled trial using intravenous magnesium versus placebo to determine if systemic magnesium can decrease postoperative pain in pediatric patients undergoing tonsillectomy.
- Trial name
- NCT02218424
- Testing
- Magnesium, Normal saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Tonsillectomy
Honey Used as Adjunct Therapy to Tylenol for Post-Op Tonsillectomy Patients
Tonsillectomies are the second most common surgery with over half a million procedures in the United States for 2006. Tonsillectomies are considered a painful surgical procedure performed on children resulting in pain and…
- Trial name
- NCT03931395
- Testing
- Honey, Standard of Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 230 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Tonsillar Surgery Complications
Complication Registry for Tonsil Surgery
Our aim was to establish a feasible method to prospectively register all tonsil surgery-related complications and to find their possible predictive factors.
- Trial name
- NCT02049372
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 794 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Helsinki
Adenotonsillectomy, Post-operative Analgesia
Non-opioids for Analgesia After Adenotonsillectomy in Children
The goal of this study is to determine if non-opioid pain control is a safe way to manage pain after adenotonsillectomy surgery in children.
- Conditions
- Adenotonsillectomy, Post-operative Analgesia, Opioid Use
- Trial name
- NCT03618823
- Testing
- Oxycodone, Ibuprofen, Acetaminophen
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 268 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- David Chi, MD
Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting, Postoperative Pain
Dexamethasone for Paediatric Adeno-tonsillectomy - A Dose-finding Study
Adeno-tonsillectomy is a commonly performed surgical procedure in children. Main morbidities are postoperative pain, nausea and vomiting, and haemorrhage.
- Trial name
- NCT00403806
- Testing
- dexamethasone, Saline
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 215 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Geneva
Adenotonsillar Hypertrophy
Diet Education and Postoperative Outcomes in Pediatric Adenotonsillectomy
This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effect of tonsillectomy diet education on postoperative bleeding and pain in children undergoing adenotonsillectomy.
- Trial name
- NCT06988748
- Testing
- Assigned Interventions (diet training)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maltepe University
Post-tonsillectomy Pain, Post-tonsillectomy Activity
The Effects of Reducing Stomach Acid on Post-tonsillectomy Pain
This study was designed to determine whether post-operative pain following a tonsillectomy can be reduced by adding an antacid-like medication to the medications taken after surgery.
- Conditions
- Post-tonsillectomy Pain, Post-tonsillectomy Activity, Post-tonsillectomy Hydration
- Trial name
- NCT00472186
- Testing
- Lansoprazole
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Postoperative Pain, Postoperative Nausea
Outcomes of Carbohydrate Loading Paediatric Patients Preoperatively for Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy
Randomised control trial of 150 paediatric patients aged between 3-8years. One group will receive a preoperative carbohydrate oral drink and the other group will receive current standard care (no drink) prior to undergoing…
- Conditions
- Postoperative Pain, Postoperative Nausea, Satisfaction, Sleep
- Trial name
- NCT03639012
- Testing
- Carbohydrate drink
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jessica Gray
Post-operative Pain
How Does Gabapentin Affects Post-operative Tonsillectomy Pain?
Gabapentin is a medicine that has been used in adults (but not yet in children) to treat pain after surgery. In children it has been used for many years to treat other conditions and has been shown to be very safe.
- Trial name
- NCT00624455
- Testing
- Gabapentin
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression, Postoperative Complications (Cardiopulmonary)
Pupillometry in Identifying Risk of Postoperative Opioid-induced Respiratory Depression in Children Undergoing Tonsillectomy
This study will evaluate whether quantitative pupillometry measurements can be used to identify children at risk for postoperative opioid-induced respiratory depression (OIRD) following tonsillectomy.
- Conditions
- Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression, Postoperative Complications (Cardiopulmonary), Respiratory Complications Due to Anesthesia
- Trial name
- NCT07573150
- Testing
- Infrared Pupillometry
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NeurOptics Inc
Stress Response
Effect of Nebulized Lignocaine on the Stress Response of Endotracheal Intubation in Pediatrics Undergoing Tonsillectomy Operation Monitored by Rise in Serum Cortisol Level Post Intubation
This randomized clinical trial aims to is examining the effect of preoperative nebulized lidocaine on the stress response to intubation, monitored by rise in serum cortisol level post intubation
- Trial name
- NCT07139730
- Testing
- Lignocaine 2% concentration solution
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Endotracheal Cuff, Adenoidectomy Surgery
Effect of Neck Hyperextension on Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure in Children
Introduction: Patients undergoing surgery under general anaesthesia are frequently intubated with an endotracheal tube (ETT). The safety margin of ETT cuff pressure is between 20-30 cmH2O.
- Conditions
- Endotracheal Cuff, Adenoidectomy Surgery, Tonsillectomy with or Without Adenoidectomy, Position Differences
- Trial name
- NCT06767696
- Testing
- Cuff pressure measurement
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara Ataturk Sanatorium Training and Research Hospital
Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Enlargement of Tonsil or Adenoid
Caffeine in Children With Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Dose Response Study
The aim of this study is to evaluate whether a smaller dose of caffeine sodium benzoate 10 mg/kg IV is as effective as 20 mg/kg IV in decreasing the number of children who develop post extubation adverse upper airway respiratory…
- Trial name
- NCT01349205
- Testing
- Caffeine and sodium Benzoate 10 mg/kg IV, Caffeine and Sodium Benzoate 20 mg/kg IV, 0.9 NS Saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Laryngopharyngeal Reflux, Throat Pain
Anti-reflux Control to Decrease Post Tonsillectomy Pain
The study aims to determine if treating pediatric patients (age 7-17) for four weeks with omeprazole prior to tonsillectomy will decrease post tonsillectomy pain.
- Trial name
- NCT01777854
- Testing
- Omeprazole
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ascension Health
Tonsillectomy
Effect of Duration of Antibiotic Therapy on Recovery Following Tonsillectomy
To determine whether a 3-day course of postoperative antibiotics is effective as a 7-day course in reducing pain and reducing time to resumption of normal diet and activity following pediatric tonsillectomy
- Trial name
- NCT00662987
- Testing
- 7 days of amoxicillin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Anesthesia, Opioid Use
Opioid-Free Anesthetic for Tonsillectomy
Prospective randomized controlled trial to determine if opioid-free anesthetic for tonsillectomy is non-inferior to standard opioid-containing anesthetic
- Conditions
- Anesthesia, Opioid Use, Tonsillitis, Sleep Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT04528173
- Testing
- Ketorolac, Dexmedetomidine, Morphine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Agitated; State, Acute Reaction to Stress
Dexmedetomidine Combined With Hydromorphone in Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy
Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy is one of the most common pediatric surgeries, and agitation and severe postoperative pain have been considered a very common complications.
- Trial name
- NCT03760809
- Testing
- Dexmedetomidine 0.5μg／kg, Dexmedetomidine 1μg／kg
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University
Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Tonsillitis
Hydromorphone vs Fentanyl in Children Undergoing Tonsillectomy Surgery
A RCT to compare hydromorphone versus fentanyl for pain control following tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT04230681
- Testing
- Hydromorphone, Fentanyl
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 189 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Normal Healthy Ears, Ketamine and Propofol Effects on Hemodynamics
Effects of Ketamine and Propofol in Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE) in Children
Otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) are non-invasive, easy to apply and objective test methods which are widely used to determine the presence of hearing in audiology clinics.
- Conditions
- Normal Healthy Ears, Ketamine and Propofol Effects on Hemodynamics, Ketamine and Propofol Effects on TEOAE and DPOAE
- Trial name
- OAE (NCT02368782)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University
Emergence Delirium (Derlenme Deliryumu)
Brain Monitors to Reduce Child Confusion After Anesthesia
The goal of this clinical trial was to learn if using a brain monitor to adjust anesthesia (sleep medicine) during surgery could prevent emergence delirium (severe confusion and agitation upon waking) in children aged 2 to 12…
- Trial name
- NCT07826559
- Testing
- BIS-Guided Anesthesia, Standard Care Anesthesia
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baskent University