Reversal of General Anesthesia With Methylphenidate

NCT02051452 ↗

Phase 1/2 Completed 32 enrolled Massachusetts General Hospital

RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindBasic science

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate whether methylphenidate (Ritalin) can actively induce emergence from general anesthesia in patients having a pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure), a pancreatectomy, or a prostatectomy.

Timeline

Start: 2014-11
Primary completion: 2018-05
Completion: 2018-05

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Methylphenidate	Small molecule	—	Intravenous

Indications

No indication recorded.