# Use of Ketamine Prior to Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Children

> **NCT00556361** · PHASE2 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute** · enrollment: 24 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Ventricular Septal Defect

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** saline
- **DRUG:** ketamine

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00556361
- **Lead sponsor:** Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2004-07
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** 2007-11
- **Target enrollment:** 24 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2007-11-12


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00556361

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00556361, "Use of Ketamine Prior to Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Children". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00556361. Licensed CC0.

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