# Ketamine for Pain, Opioid Use, and Mental Health in Orthopedic Trauma Patients

> **NCT06903819** · PHASE4 · RECRUITING · sponsor: **Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center** · enrollment: 90 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Orthopedic Trauma Surgery Patients
- Postoperative Pain
- Opioid Use
- Depression
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Ketamine
- **DRUG:** standard general anesthesia

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT06903819
- **Lead sponsor:** Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2025-11-06
- **Primary completion:** 2027-05
- **Final completion:** 2028-05
- **Target enrollment:** 90 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-24


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06903819

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT06903819, "Ketamine for Pain, Opioid Use, and Mental Health in Orthopedic Trauma Patients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT06903819. Licensed CC0.

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