Effect of Dexamethasone Added To Bupivacaine During Caudal Block

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2015-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

It is a prospective double blind randomized study on the effect of dexamethasone added to bupivacaine with plain bupivacaine for caudal block in patient for herniotomy.

96 patients between the ages 1-6 years will be randomly selected and divided into two groups; B and BD.

Group B will receive 1ml/kg bupivacaine 0.25% (maximum volume 20mls) and group BD will receive a mixture of 0.2mg/kg dexamethasone in 1ml/kg bupivacaine 0.25% (maximum volume = 20mls).

Data taken will then be analyzed and interpreted.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Lagos State University
• Treatments: BB 1101; Bupivacaine; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone 21-phosphate; Dexamethasone acetate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients aged 1-6 years, classified as American Society of Anesthesiologist (ASA) 1 and 11 who are undergoing herniotomy and whose parents or legal guardian has duly signed an informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with hypersensitivity to any local anesthetics

• Children with Bleeding diathesis

• Presence of Infections at puncture sites

• Preexisting neurological disease

• Patients with diabetes mellitus

• Failure to consent by parents