Ketamine to protect the brain during heart surgery in children
Part of Brain & nervous system, Injuries & trauma clinical trials.
This study tests whether giving ketamine during heart surgery helps protect the brain in young children. It is for children aged 1 month to 5 years who are having surgery to fix a hole in the wall between the heart chambers (atrial or ventricular septal defect).
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Who can take part
- Your child is between 1 month and 5 years old (1 to 60 months).
- Your child weighs between 7.7 pounds and 44 pounds (3.5 to 20 kg).
- Your child is scheduled for surgery to repair a hole in the heart (atrial or ventricular septal defect) using a heart-lung machine.
- Your child does not have any other heart defects besides this one hole, or a combination of both types.
- Your child has no history of brain or nervous system diseases, stroke, or seizures.
- Your child does not have a pacemaker, severe anemia, active infections, autoimmune diseases, or cancer.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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