Clinical trials: Ketamine
Moderate, Deep Sedation
Optimal Dosing of Ketamine for Procedural Sedation and Analgesia in Children
There is a wide variation of published IV ketamine dosing regimens used for procedural sedation in children in the Emergency Department (ED).
- Trial name
- NCT02519595
- Testing
- Ketamine IV 1mg/kg, Ketamine IV 1.5mg/kg, Ketamine IV 2mg/kg
- Volunteers
- 182 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Michigan
Surgical Procedure, Unspecified
Recovery After Total Intravenous Anesthesia With Ketofol Versus Mixture of Ketofol and Lidocaine for Short Pediatric Surgery
Two hundred children aged 1-12 years undergoing short surgery will be randomized into two groups. Ketofol will be used for induction and maintenance of anesthesia in group l. .Ketofol with lidocaine will be prepared for group ll.
- Trial name
- Lidoketofol (NCT04467424)
- Testing
- ketamine, propofol, ketamine, propofol, lidocaine
- Where
- Croatia
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital of Split
ACL, ACL Injury
Acupuncture ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament)
Acupuncture research in regards to PONV has been fairly well established, however, studies about perioperative pain control and acupuncture are a little more murky.
- Conditions
- ACL, ACL Injury, Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury, Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture
- Trial name
- NCT03711734
- Testing
- Acupuncture + Standard of Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Sickle Cell Crisis, Acute Pain
Low-dose Ketamine vs Morphine for Vaso-occlusive Crisis in Sicklers
This clinical trial will inform of the role of Low dose ketamine in the acute treatment of severe painful sickle cell crisis in children in a day-case sickle cell centre.
- Trial name
- KEM-VOC (NCT02434939)
- Testing
- Low dose ketamine, Morphine
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- Makerere University
Depression, Anhedonia
Anhedonia, Development, and Emotions: Phenotyping and Therapeutics
The goal of the ADEPT Study is to understand anhedonia in young people and how it changes based on treatments targeting the brain circuit underlying it.
- Trial name
- ADEPT (NCT05487885)
- Testing
- Continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS), Positive Affect Training, Ketamine Injectable Solution
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 123 people
- Sponsor
- Erika Forbes
Pain
Sub-dissociative Ketamine for the Management of Acute Pediatric Pain
The proposed trial is a prospective, double blinded, randomized control trial with the primary aim of determining whether a single, sub-dissociative dose of ketamine will decrease the total narcotic requirements of pediatric…
- Trial name
- NCT01951963
- Testing
- Ketamine, Morphine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people
- Sponsor
- HealthPartners Institute
Anesthesia
Ketamine and Propofol for Upper Endoscopy
The purpose of this study is to examine the dose-response relationship of ketamine in combination with propofol.
- Trial name
- NCT02295553
- Testing
- Ketamine, Propofol
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Pain, Traumatic Limb Injury
Pain Reduction With Intranasal Medications for Extremity Injuries
This study compares the analgesic effect of intranasal sub-dissociative dosing of ketamine and intranasal fentanyl in children presenting to the Emergency Department with acute extremity injuries.
- Trial name
- PRIME (NCT02778880)
- Testing
- Ketamine, Fentanyl
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Trauma, Fractures, Closed
Intranasal Versus Intravenous Ketamine for Procedural Sedation in Children With Non-operative Fractures
This a randomized clinical trial involving children with non-operative fractures presenting the emergency department randomized either to intranasal or intravenous ketamine.
- Conditions
- Trauma, Fractures, Closed, Children, Only, Deep Sedation
- Trial name
- NCT03781817
- Testing
- Intravenous Ketamine, Intranasal Ketamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Abscess, Fracture
Study to Find the Dose of Rapidly Administered Ketamine for Brief Painful Procedures in Children
The purpose of the study is to find the dose of rapidly administered ketamine in 3 different pediatric age groups (2-5, 6-11 and 12-17) for abscess drainage and fracture reduction.
- Trial name
- NCT01669642
- Testing
- Ketamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 111 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Procedural Sedation
Randomized Clinical Trial of Propofol, 1:1 and 4:1 Combination of Propofol and Ketamine for Procedural Sedation
This will be a randomized trial of propofol versus the combination of propofol and ketamine for procedural sedation for procedures in the Emergency Department (ED).
- Trial name
- NCT01260662
- Testing
- Propofol, 1:1 Propofol/Ketamine, 4:1 Propofol/Ketamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 271 people
- Sponsor
- Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
Idiopathic Scoliosis, Post-operative Pain
Efficacy of Ketamine for Improvement in Postoperative Pain Control After Spinal Fusion for Idiopathic Scoliosis
This study hypothesizes that the addition of a low-dose ketamine infusion to usual post-operative pain management will improve pain control as evidenced by an improvement in post-operative pain scores for patients undergoing…
- Trial name
- NCT02651324
- Testing
- Ketamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Albany Medical College
Trauma Injury, Pain
Ketamine for Acute Pain Management After Trauma
The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of Ketamine drip along with usual care and usual care alone on trauma patients and to longitudinally quantify the pain experience of patients during hospitalization.
- Conditions
- Trauma Injury, Pain, Opioid Use
- Trial name
- KAPT (NCT04129086)
- Testing
- Ketamine plus usual care, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 305 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Chronic Pain
Oral Ketamine for Control of Chronic Pain in Children
The study is a maximum tolerated dose finding study for oral, chronic, daily administration of oral ketamine (by mouth) in children with long-term daily pain.
- Trial name
- KETA-2011 (NCT01369680)
- Testing
- Ketamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Psychomotor Agitation
Comparison of Effects of Intravenous Midazolam and Ketamine on Emergence Agitation
Compare the effects of intravenous midazolam and ketamine on emergence agitation after sevoflurane anesthesia
- Trial name
- NCT02256358
- Testing
- Midazolam, Ketamine
- Volunteers
- 68 people
- Sponsor
- Inje University
Pain
Nasal Administration of Sufentanil+Ketamine for Procedure-related Pain in Children
The aim of the study is to investigate the absorption and clinical effect of nasal administration of an analgesic nasal spray containing sufentanil+ketamine for pain related to medical procedures in hospitalized children.
- Trial name
- NCT01047241
- Testing
- Intranasal sufentanil/ketamine
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Danish University of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Ketamine Treatment for Pediatric-Refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
This pilot study is proposed to determine the acceptability, feasibility and potential efficacy of ketamine, a medication that modulates glutamate in the brain, as a rapid treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)…
- Trial name
- NCT02422290
- Testing
- Ketamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Psychoses, Substance-Induced
Prevention of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) Antagonist-induced Psychosis in Kids
Ketamine, an FDA approved anesthetic agent, is becoming the sedative/analgesic of choice for emergency sedation in children because it causes deep sedation with minimal respiratory depression in comparison to other available…
- Trial name
- NCT00205712
- Testing
- Ketamine, Dexmedetomidine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
ADNP Syndrome
Low-Dose Ketamine in Children With ADNP Syndrome
This is a Phase 2A, single dose, open-label study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of a low-dose, 40-minute infusion into the veins (intravenous infusion or "IV") of ketamine in children with ADNP syndrome…
- Trial name
- NCT04388774
- Testing
- Ketamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Alexander Kolevzon
Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety Disorder
Ketamine Infusion for Adolescent Depression and Anxiety
The purpose of this study is to determine the tolerability and short-term efficacy of a single ketamine infusion for the treatment of adolescents with 1) medication-refractory major depressive disorder (MDD) and/or 2)…
- Trial name
- NCT02579928
- Testing
- Ketamine, Midazolam
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University