An Effectiveness and Safety Study of AQUAVAN® Injection (Fospropofol Disodium) for Sedation During Flexible Bronchoscopy
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2007-05-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Very often patients receive medication before a diagnostic, therapeutic, or surgical
procedure to help them relax, keep them calm, and to relieve them from pain. This is called
procedural sedation. During procedural (mild-to-moderate) sedation, a patient is first given
a pain-relief medication (analgesic) and then a medication to help him/her relax and keep
him/her calm (sedative). Propofol is the drug commonly used for sedation because it releases
immediately into the blood stream and causes fast sedation. AQUAVAN (fospropofol disodium) is
made as a slow release version of propofol with a longer duration of effect.