# Ketamine Effect After Laparoscopic Gastric Reduction: A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo Controlled Study

> **NCT01997515** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Northwestern University** · enrollment: 80 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pain
- Obesity
- Hypoxia

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Ketamine
- **DRUG:** placebo

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01997515
- **Lead sponsor:** Northwestern University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2013-11
- **Primary completion:** 2019-07-26
- **Final completion:** 2019-08-22
- **Target enrollment:** 80 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2019-10-07


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01997515

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01997515, "Ketamine Effect After Laparoscopic Gastric Reduction: A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo Controlled Study". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01997515. Licensed CC0.

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