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Study identifier: NCT06994442 Synced from ClinicalTrials.gov · July 29, 2026
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Optimizing Pain Treatment in Children On Mechanical Ventilation

Condition: Mechanical Ventilation · Pediatric Acute Respiratory Failure · Analgesics, Opioid  ·  Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University

PhasePhase 3
Planned participants644
Who can joinAll sexes, 2 Months to 17 Years
Healthy volunteersNo

About this study

In this clinical trial, investigators want to learn more about using non-opioid pain medications for children with acute respiratory failure. Right now, doctors give these children opioids to help with pain while they are on the ventilator, but investigators don't know if this is the best way to manage their pain. Even with strong doses of opioids, more than 90% of these children still feel pain. Other pain medicines, like acetaminophen (also called Tylenol) and ketorolac (also called Toradol), are available but aren't commonly used because we don't know if they help. The goal of this clinical trial is to test if acetaminophen and/or ketorolac can improve pain control and reduce the need for stronger pain medications (opioids) in these children. To learn more about this, participants will be randomly placed in one of four study treatment groups. This means that a computer will decide by chance which group each participant is in, not the doctors running the study. Each group will receive a combination of intravenous acetaminophen, ketorolac or a harmless substance called a placebo. In this clinical trial, placebos help investigators see if the actual medications (acetaminophen and ketorolac) work better than something that doesn't contain medicine. By comparing participants who get the real medicine with those who get the placebo, investigators can find out if these medications effectively decrease pain.

This description comes directly from the study's public registry record.

Talk to the study team

Chani Traube, MD  ·  212-746-3056  ·  chr9008@med.cornell.edu

Kammy Jacobsen  ·  kammy.jacobsen@hsc.utah.edu

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Locations (15)

Arkansas Children's HospitalLittle Rock, Arkansas, United StatesRecruiting
Children's National HospitalWashington D.C., District of Columbia, United StatesNot Yet Recruiting
University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan, United StatesNot Yet Recruiting
Children's Hospital of MichiganDetroit, Michigan, United StatesRecruiting
University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, Minnesota, United StatesRecruiting
Duke Children's Hospital & Health CenterDurham, North Carolina, United StatesRecruiting
Rainbow Babies and Children's HospitalCleveland, Ohio, United StatesRecruiting
Nationwide Children's HospitalColumbus, Ohio, United StatesRecruiting
Penn State Health/Hershey Medical CenterHershey, Pennsylvania, United StatesRecruiting
Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesRecruiting
University of PittsburghPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United StatesRecruiting
Medical University of South CarolinaCharleston, South Carolina, United StatesRecruiting

+ 3 more locations — full list on the registry record.

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