Autopsy report · NCT03043430

Intranasal Ketamine for Anxiolysis in Pediatric Emergency Department Patients

“Research manpower shortage”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 8 months after it had already started.
• Ran for about 6 years 11 months before it stopped.
• 10 participants enrolled.
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Phase 4

Sponsor

Brooke Army Medical Center

Sponsor type

US federal agency

Conditions

Anxiety; Pediatric ALL; Procedural Anxiety

Interventions

Ketamine 100 MG/ML; Midazolam 5 MG/ML

Participants

10

Sites

1

Countries

United States

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Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
• Open it in the database

Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.