Fentanyl Use for Sedation in Esophagogastroduodenoscopy

Phase 4 Completed 139 enrolled St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton McMaster University · collab

RandomizedParallel-groupQuadruple-blindTreatment

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether conscious sedation with a narcotic and sedative (in combination) is as efficacious as a sedative alone for elective upper endoscopy to achieve optimal patient comfort and ease of procedure.

Timeline

Start: 2012-02
Primary completion: 2012-12
Completion: 2012-12

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Fentanyl	Other / unclassified	100 ug	Intravenous
Background	Midazolam	Small molecule	1 mg	Intravenous

Indications

No indication recorded.