Assessment of the Effect of Clonidine for Cataract Surgery

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2012-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Clonidine, an agonist for alfa2 pre-synaptic, has been shown to be an effective adjuvant therapy for acute postoperative pain and has been shown an effect in sedative, intra-ocular and blood pressure and arrhythmias.The objective of this study is evaluating the analgesic effect of clonidine and its repercussion on arterial and intraocular pressure and arrhythmias for cataract surgery.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Federal University of São Paulo
• Treatments: Clonidine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• cataract surgery

• topical anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

• myocardial ischemia

• psychiatric disease

• chronic pain

• drugs dependency

• use of beta-blockage channel drugs