About this trial
This study will be a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study conducted at a university hospital. Forty children undergoing elective repair of a congenital heart defect will be included. The patients will be randomly allocated (20 patients per group) to receive a single intravenous dose of combined chlorpheniramine or normal saline immediately after separation from CPB, before protamine administration.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Acyanotic congenital heart disease.
Age :1 -7 years.
Genre: both.
Disqualifiers
Redo patient.
History of allergy to antihistamines.
Bleeding disorders with INR > 1.5 and/or platelets < 50,000.
Emergency procedure.
Trial design
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Antihestamine
Drugchlorpheniramine 0.25 mg/Kg in 2 ml immediately after separation from CPB, before protamine administration
Placebo
Drugequal volume normal saline
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
hypotention episode incidance
Incidence of hypotension (20% MBP drop \< baseline)15 minutes post-CBP weaning
Sponsors and contacts
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Kasr El Aini Hospital
Lead sponsor
Misr University for Science and Technology
Collaborator