# Measures to Lower the Stress Response in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

> **NCT00848393** · PHASE2 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Nationwide Children's Hospital** · enrollment: 52 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
- Ventricular Septal Defects (VSD)
- Atrioventricular Septal Defects (AVSD)

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Fentanyl (High Dose)
- **DRUG:** Fentanyl (Low Dose)
- **DRUG:** Fentanyl (Low Dose) + Dexmedetomidine

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00848393
- **Lead sponsor:** Nationwide Children's Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2008-11
- **Primary completion:** 2013-12
- **Final completion:** 2013-12
- **Target enrollment:** 52 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2018-07-27


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00848393

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00848393, "Measures to Lower the Stress Response in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00848393. Licensed CC0.

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