# Dexmedetomidine for Immediate Perioperative Analgesia in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Tonsillectomy

> **NCT00654511** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Children's National Research Institute** · enrollment: 101 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Tonsillitis

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Fentanyl
- **DRUG:** Fentanyl
- **DRUG:** Dexmedetomidine
- **DRUG:** Dexmedetomidine

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00654511
- **Lead sponsor:** Children's National Research Institute
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2005-01
- **Primary completion:** 2008-10
- **Final completion:** 2008-10
- **Target enrollment:** 101 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2021-03-23

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00654511

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00654511, "Dexmedetomidine for Immediate Perioperative Analgesia in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Tonsillectomy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00654511. Licensed CC0.

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