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Analgesic Effect in Children of Low-Dose Ketamine for Mucositis Treated by Patient-Controlled Analgesia With Morphine

Information source: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on June 20, 2008
Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Condition(s) targeted: Cancer; Mucositis

Intervention: Low dose ketamine (Drug)

Phase: Phase 3

Status: Terminated

Sponsored by: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s):
Evelyne JACQZ-AIGRAIN, Pr,MD,PhD, Principal Investigator, Affiliation: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Summary

Hypothesis : Low dose ketamine has an analgesic effect in children with mucositis treated by patient-controlled analgesia with morphine

Clinical Details

Official title: MK III Trial: Analgesic Effect in Children of Low-Dose Ketamine for Mucositis Treated by Patient-Controlled Analgesia With Morphine

Study design: Treatment, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study

Primary outcome: Pain score

Detailed description: Double blind versus placebo multicenter Phase III trial of kétamine in children with chemotherapy induced-mucositis treated by patient-controlled analgesia with morphine

Eligibility

Minimum age: 5 Years. Maximum age: 18 Years. Gender(s): Both.

Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria:

- Painful mucositis

- Child from 5 to 18 years.

- Presenting mucitis induced by chemotherapy or a conditioning of graft hematopoïetic.

- A pain not controlled by systematic paracetamol (10mg/kg/4h) or a the propacetamol

(20mg/kg/4h).

- Not presenting a neurological or psychological difficulty at the use of the PCA or a

EVA.

- First morphine amount going back to less 48h, and lass administration dating of more

than 4h at the time of the beginning of the perfusion of Ketamine/placebo (EVA > 30 after stop morphine).

- Assent signed by the parents and each time possible by the child.

Exclusion Criteria:

- The child was already included in the study.

- The age of psychomotor development is lower than 5 years

- Presence of a depression or a major depressive episode according to definition DSM

IV.

- Hepatic or renal anomaly major (rank 3 or 4 of the scale of toxicity NCI CTC v2. 0)

- Bilirubin>3N

- Gamma WP>3N

- SGOT or SGPT >5N

- Creatinin>3N

Locations and Contacts

Hôpital Robert Debré Service Pédiatrie-Hémato-immunologie, PARIS, Ile De France 75019, France
Additional Information

Starting date: February 2003
Ending date: August 2006
Last updated: October 25, 2006

Page last updated: June 20, 2008

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