Status:

COMPLETED

Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy to Detect Pain in Young Children Under General Anesthesia

Lead Sponsor:

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

Conditions:

Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

1-16 years

Brief Summary

This is a three-phase pilot prospective study to develop a devise capable of detecting changes in cortical blood volume and oxygenation due to noxious stimuli. The hypothesis of the study is that opti...

Detailed Description

Pain is a subjective feeling, and an objective measure of pain is needed to obtain improved clinical management and safe outcomes of pain treatment. At present, there is a lack of specific physiologic...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • They are presenting for tethered spinal cord release , posterior fossa decompression, or spine surgery;
  • They are between 1 month to 16 years of age;
  • Their anesthetic plan includes endotracheal intubation and neuromonitoring;

Exclusion

  • Patients with a known history of chronic pain;
  • Patients with abnormal frontal lobe brain structure or abnormality of forehead precluding the fNIRS probe securement;
  • Patients with a known allergy to fentanyl;
  • Patients with unstable hemodynamics.
  • Patients with a contraindication to the use of propofol

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2014

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

39 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04362423

Start Date

August 1 2014

End Date

September 1 2015

Last Update

September 2 2020

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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229

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