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Clinical trialNCT00756600CompletedPhase 4Interventional

A Multi-site Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Regional and General Anesthesia for Effects on Neurodevelopmental Outcome and Apnea in Infants

SponsorBoston Children's HospitalEnrollment643Inguinal Hernia
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Summary

The lay summary the sponsor registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

The primary purpose of the GAS study is to determine whether different types of anesthesia (Regional versus General) given to 720 infants undergoing inguinal hernia repair results in equivalent neurodevelopmental outcomes. The study also aims to describe the incidence of apnea in the post-operative period after both regional and general anesthesia for inguinal hernia repair in infants. This study is important as it will provide the greatest evidence for safety or toxicity of general anesthesia for human infants.

Investigators

The overall officials registered on this study. Names that resolve to a FindMyKOL profile link to it; the rest are shown as registered.

  • Andrew Davidson, MD

    Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia

    Principal Investigator
  • Mary Ellen McCann, MD

    Children's Hospital Boston, United States of America

    Principal Investigator
  • Neil Morton, MD

    Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, United Kingdom

    Principal Investigator

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Sites

30 registered facilities, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

Australia
  • Adelaide Women'S and Children'S Hospital

    North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

  • Casey Hospital

    Berwick, Victoria, Australia

  • Monash Medical Centre

    Clayton, Victoria, Australia

  • Cabrini Hospital

    Malvern, Victoria, Australia

  • Royal Children'S Hospital

    Parkville, Victoria, Australia

  • Princess Margaret Hospital

    Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Canada
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine

    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • Montreal Children'S Hospital

    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Italy
  • Ospedali Riuniti Di Bergamo

    Bergamo, Italy

  • G. Gaslini Children'S Hospital

    Genoa, Italy

  • 'Vitore Buzzi' Children'S Hospital

    Milan, Italy

Netherlands
  • Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen

    Groningen, Netherlands

  • Wilhelmina Children'S Hospital; University Medical Centre Utrecht

    Utrecht, Netherlands

New Zealand
  • Starship Children'S Health

    Auckland, New Zealand

United Kingdom
  • Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children

    Belfast, United Kingdom

  • Birmingham Children'S Hospital

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

  • Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

    Bristol, United Kingdom

  • Royal Hospital for Sick Children

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

  • Royal Liverpool Children'S Hospital

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

  • Sheffield Children'S Hospital

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

United States
  • the Children'S Hospital Denver

    Aurora, Colorado, United States

  • Children'S Memorial Hospital

    Chicago, Illinois, United States

  • the University of Iowa Hospital

    Iowa City, Iowa, United States

  • Children'S Hospital Boston

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

    Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

  • Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

  • Vanderbilt Children'S Hospital

    Nashville, Tennessee, United States

  • Children'S Medical Center of Dallas

    Dallas, Texas, United States

  • Vermont Children'S Hospital at Fletcher Allen Health Care

    Burlington, Vermont, United States

  • Seattle Children'S Hospital

    Seattle, Washington, United States

Site investigator names are published by ClinicalTrials.gov only while a study recruits, so completed studies list sites without them.

Drugs studied

The drug and biological interventions registered on this study, normalized to their RxNorm ingredient where possible.

General AnesthesiaRegional Anesthesia
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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
23 Oct 2006
Primary completion
30 Jun 2018
Completion
30 Jun 2018
Last update posted
29 Apr 2020
Registered enrollment
643
Registry id
NCT00756600

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 4 Nov 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; FindMyKOL does not interpret them.