Status:

TERMINATED

Efficacy of Low Dose Promethazine for Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

Lead Sponsor:

Women's College Hospital

Conditions:

Ambulatory Gynecological Laparoscopic Procedures

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-60 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

There has been an increase in ambulatory surgical procedures performed across Canada; ambulatory procedures account for almost 70% of all surgeries. Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) and pain a...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 1\. Patient is between 18 - 60 yrs of age
  • 2 Patient's health is graded as class I-III according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification.
  • 3\. The patient has 2 or more of the following risk factors:
  • Female
  • Non-smoker
  • History of PONV/motion sickness
  • Use of post-operative opioids (current surgery)
  • 4\. Undergoing ambulatory gynecological laparoscopic procedures of at least 30 minutes duration

Exclusion

  • preexisting nausea, vomiting or retching, gastric outlet or intestinal obstruction
  • clinical evidence of a difficult airway
  • obesity (body mass index \> 40 kg m-2)
  • scheduled to receive propofol for anesthesia maintenance
  • current pregnancy
  • psychiatric illness
  • clinically significant major organic disease
  • preoperative QTc interval \> 440 ms on electrocardiogram
  • known hypersensitivity to promethazine, granisetron, ondansetron or other 5 HT3-receptor antagonists

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

July 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

400 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01159548

Start Date

July 1 2010

End Date

July 1 2012

Last Update

July 27 2011

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Women's College Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1B2