Intranasal Dexmedetomidine for Sedated Hearing Testing

Effectiveness of Intranasal Dexmedetomidine for Sedated Auditory Brainstem Response Testing

Auditory brainstem response testing is necessary in children who are not able to be tested by classical audiogram, because of their age or an associated retarded psycho-motor development or behavioral and cognitive troubles.

This test needs a perfect immobility of the child, ideally being asleep. This situation is sometimes impossible to achieve in non-cooperative children.

Currently, in the Pediatric Hospital of Nice, the investigators have to do a general anesthesia to perform quality auditory response tests in this kind of patients.

The alternative to a general anesthesia would be a reliable sedative drug, allowing the performance of this diagnostic exam without the need of a hospitalization.

Dexmedetomidine is a sedative drug with an action on the α2 adrenergic receptors. It causes a rapid sedation, similar to the natural sleep and with minimal secondary effects. The possibility of an intranasal administration, avoids the pain and discomfort of a venous access insertion.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Auditory Brainstem Response
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride

Detailed Description

Auditory brainstem response testing is necessary in children who are not able to be tested by classical audiogram, because of their age or an associated retarded psycho-motor development or behavioral and cognitive troubles.

This test needs a perfect immobility of the child, ideally being asleep. This situation is sometimes impossible to achieve in non-cooperative children.

Currently, in the Pediatric Hospital of Nice, the investigators have to do a general anesthesia to perform quality auditory response tests in this kind of patients.

The alternative to a general anesthesia would be a reliable sedative drug, allowing the performance of this diagnostic exam without the need of a hospitalization. An intranasal administration avoids the pain and discomfort of a venous access insertion.

Dexmedetomidine is a sedative drug with an action on the α2 adrenergic receptors. It causes a rapid sedation, similar to the natural sleep and with minimal secondary effects. The treatment will be administrated by intranasal way at a dosage of 2,5µg/ kg in a single administration under continuous cardiorespiratory monitoring for 2 hours..

The objective of this work is to evaluate the effectiveness of intranasal dexmedetomidine in the realization of the auditory brainstem response at the child with a cognitive or behavioral disorder

This study will consist of research involving non-randomized, monocentric prospective interventional for a duration of 30 months. Patients from 1 year of age and under 16 years, in context of suspicion of deafness will be included. In view of active queue of otorhinolaryngology service of Nice University Hospital and taking into account lost sight, the investigators can include 60 patients, to have a representative sample of concerned pediatric population.

The primary endpoint will be the rate of children included in the study who could determine the auditory threshold. The non-determination of this threshold (or the determination by resorting to general anesthesia or sedation of another type) regardless of the cause will be considered a failure.

Despite the lack of specific protocols, the applications of dexmedetomidine in children for many diagnostic procedures have been studied in the past few years.

Any prospective study about the efficacy of dexmedetomidine for auditory brainstem response testing has been yet conducted in children

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 60
• Phase: Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Nice, France, 06200
    • Hôpitaux Pédiatriques de Nice CHU-Lenval

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 1 year to 15 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Child aged 1 to 15 years old
• American Society Anesthesiologists (ASA) scale patient 1 or 2
• Need to evaluate the child audition in a context of suspicion of deafness, delay of language, global delay of the development, the risk factors of hearing loss
• Impossibility to realize a hearing test by conventional audiogram or behavioral due to a cognitive or behavioral disorder of the child
• Affiliation to social security scheme
• Signature of the authorization documents of the 2 parents or the representative of the parental authority for the participation of the child in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Heart disease or heart rhythm disorder
• Pneumopathy or asthmatic crisis in previous 2 weeks in the examination
• Recent used of digoxine or beta-blocker
• Use of anti-epileptic or psychotropic drugs
• Medical history of sleep apnea
• Receptor alpha2 agonist allergy
• Gastrooesophageal reflux disease
• Upper airway abnormality
• Acute cerebrovascular diseases
• Neurologic disorders ( cranial trauma and after neurosurgical operation)
• Recent cerebral vascular accident
• Moyamoya disease
• General anesthesia planned for another procedure

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride; sedation of patients to perform auditory test	Drug: Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride; intranasal administration of 2.5µg/kg of dexmedetomidine to fall asleep the patients; Other Names: sedated auditory brainstem response

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
quality of diagnostic	measure the rate of children for who the auditory threshold is obtained with drug sedation condition.	5 minutes after the realization of auditory test

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
tolerance of treatment	The tolerance will measure by the collection of the following undesirable effects: hypotension, bradycardia: deviation of> 20% (systolic pressure for blood pressure) from the normal values defined for the age of the subject under waking conditions; hypertension: deviation of> 20% (systolic pressure for blood pressure) from the normal values defined for the age of the subject in waking conditions; decrease in oxygenation: decrease in oxygen saturation <90% These effects will determinate by cardiorespiratory monitoring during the examination. A routine home phone call on D1 will collect information about possible unexpected side effects.	from drug administration to 24 hours after administration of drug
time of correct sedation	measure of time in minutes between the administration of the drug and the obtaining of a correct sedation (4, 5 or 6 of the score of Ramsey).	from 5 minutes after drug administration to 5 minutes before auditory test
time of vigilance recovery	measure the time between the end of the examination, (defined by the end of the recording and the disconnection of the electrodes) and the recovery of the vigilance of the child , evaluated by the Aldrete score . A score of 9 or more determines a correct recovery of alertness and the possibility of returning home. The child will be reevaluated every 10 minutes until this score is reached.	from 5 minutes after auditory test to 5 minutes after the patient wake up (Aldrete score equal to 9)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Fondation Lenval
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Ana GIORDANO, MD, Hôpitaux Pédiatriques de Nice CHU-Lenval

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 2, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 16, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): December 31, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 4, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 18, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): May 21, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 17, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 16, 2023
• Last Verified: March 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Physiological Effects of Drugs; Adrenergic Agents; Neurotransmitter Agents; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Central Nervous System Depressants; Peripheral Nervous System Agents; Analgesics; Sensory System Agents; Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; Adrenergic alpha-2 Receptor Agonists; Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; Adrenergic Agonists; Hypnotics and Sedatives; Dexmedetomidine
• Other Study ID Numbers: 17-HPNCL-02

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No