Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 3:17 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 3:17 AM
NCT ID:
NCT03089905
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Younger than 2 years (chronological age)
* Scheduled for anaesthesia that is expected to last at least 2 hours (and/or total operating room time is scheduled to be at least 2.5 hours)
* Has a legally acceptable representative capable of understanding the informed consent document and providing consent on the participant's behalf.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Known neurologic, chromosomal or congenital anomaly which is likely to be associated with poor neurobehavioural outcome
* Existing diagnosis of behavioural or neurodevelopmental disability
* Prematurity (defined as \< 36 weeks gestational age at birth)
* Birth weight less than 2 kg.
* Congenital cardiac disease requiring surgery
* Intracranial neurosurgery and intracranial craniofacial surgery (isolated cleft lip is not an exclusion)
* Previous cumulative exposure to general anaesthesia exceeding 2 hours
* Planned future cumulative exposure to anaesthesia exceeding 2 hours before the age of 3 years.
* Any specific contra-indication to any aspect of the protocol
* Previous adverse reaction to any anaesthetic
* Circumstances likely to make long term follow-up impossible
* Living in a household where the primary language spoken at home is not a language in which we can administer the Wechsler Preschool and Primary School Intelligence Scale
* Planned postoperative sedation with any agent except opioids (e.g. benzodiazepines, dexmedetomidine, ketamine, barbiturates, propofol, clonidine, chloral hydrate, and other non-opioid sedatives). For example if such sedation is planned for post-operative ventilation
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Maximum Age:
2 Years
Study:
NCT03089905
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03089905