# Clowns as Treatment for Preoperative Anxiety in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial

> **NCT00609960** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Sheba Medical Center** · enrollment: 65 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pre Operative Anxiety

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** clowns present
- **DRUG:** midazolam

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00609960
- **Lead sponsor:** Sheba Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER_GOV
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2006-01
- **Primary completion:** 2007-01
- **Final completion:** 2007-01
- **Target enrollment:** 65 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2008-02-07


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00609960

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00609960, "Clowns as Treatment for Preoperative Anxiety in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00609960. Licensed CC0.

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