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Study Evaluating Safety and Efficacy of Dexmedetomidine (DEX) in Intubated and Mechanically Ventilated Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Subjects

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00875550

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Official title

A Phase III Randomized, Double-blind, Dose-Controlled, Multicenter Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Dexmedetomidine in Intubated and Mechanically Ventilated Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Subjects

Brief summary

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of dexmedetomidine (DEX) in intubated and mechanically ventilated pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) subjects. The key study objectives are: * To characterize the loading and maintenance dosing of DEX by age group and overall medical condition of pediatric subjects * To evaluate the safety and efficacy of loading and maintenance infusions for sedation in initially intubated and mechanically ventilated PICU subjects * To explore the exposure-response relationship between dose of DEX and clinical measures of sedation and safety

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00875550
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Enrollment
175 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
1 Month to 16 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Jan 2010 (Type not available)
Primary completion
Jan 2011 (Actual)
Completion
Jan 2011 (Actual)
Last update posted
Aug 14, 2015

2010 – 2011

United States locations

U.S. sites
33
U.S. states
19
U.S. cities
30
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Maricopa Medical Center Phoenix Arizona 85008 —
Arkansas Children's Hospital Little Rock Arkansas 72202 —
Loma Linda University Medical Center, Pediatric Dept., Div. of Critical Care - PICU Loma Linda California 92354 —
Children's Hospital Los Angeles Los Angeles California 90027 —
Pediatric Critical Care Los Angeles California 90095 —
Dept. of Anesthesia, SUMC Stanford California 94305 —
Children's National Medical Center Washington D.C. District of Columbia 20010 —
Joe Dimaggio Children's Hospital/Memorial Regional Hospital, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Hollywood Florida 33021 —
Critical Care Jacksonville Florida 32207 —
University of Miami - Miller School of Medicine Miami Florida 33136 —
Miami Children's Hospital Miami Florida 33155 —
Not listed Orlando Florida 32806 —
Pensacola Research Consultants, Inc. Pensacola Florida 32504 —
University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital Chicago Illinois 60637 —
Loyola University Medical Center Maywood Illinois 60153 —
Advocate Lutheran General Children's Hospital Park Ridge Illinois 60068 —
Kosair Charities Pediatric Clinical Research Unit, University of Louisville Louisville Kentucky 40202 —
The John Hopkins Medical Institutions, Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine Baltimore Maryland 21287-8711 —
F3900 C.S. Mott Hospital SPC 5211 Dept. of Anaesthesiology Ann Arbor Michigan 48109-5211 —
Children's Hospital of Michigan Detroit Michigan 48201 —
Gilette Children's Speciality Healthcare Saint Paul Minnesota 55101 —
Montefiore Medical Center The Bronx New York 10467 —
Duke University Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology Durham North Carolina 27710 —
Akron Children's Hospital Medical Center Akron Ohio 44308 —
University Hospitals Case Medical Center Cleveland Ohio 44106 —
MetroHealth Medical Center Cleveland Ohio 44109 —
Northwest Pediatric Critical Care, P.C. Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital Portland Oregon 97227 —
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15224 —
Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Charleston South Carolina 29425 —
Children's Medical Center Dallas Dallas Texas 75235 —
University of Virginia, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Charlottesville Virginia 22908 —
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Virginia 23298-0530 —
Not listed Madison Wisconsin 53792 —

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Non-U.S. locations

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About this trial record page

What this page shows
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