Status:

COMPLETED

Prevention of Intraoperative Nausea and Vomiting During Cesarean Section

Lead Sponsor:

Duke University

Collaborating Sponsors:

IWK Health Centre

Conditions:

Cesarean Delivery

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-45 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The study investigates the incidence of intraoperative nausea and vomiting under spinal anesthesia using a phenylephrine infusion with and without prophylactic antiemetics.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • English speaking ASA I-II non-laboring women with single gestations ≥36 weeks
  • Scheduled or unscheduled cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia
  • Height: 5 feet-5 feet 11 in.

Exclusion

  • Laboring women needing an emergency cesarean delivery
  • Subjects less than 18 years of age
  • Receipt of a drug with antiemetic properties in the 24 hours prior to cesarean section
  • Allergy to ondansetron, or metoclopramide
  • Severe hypertensive disease of pregnancy defined as systolic blood pressure (SBP)\>160mmHg, diastolic blood pressure (DBP)\>110mmHg requiring antihypertensive treatment or associated with significant proteinuria.
  • Severe Cardiac disease in pregnancy with marked functional limitations
  • Diabetes type I
  • Patients on Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors or Tricyclic Antidepressants
  • Morbid obesity (body mass index (BMI)\>45)
  • Inclusion in another anesthetic study involving drug administration

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

306 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01216410

Start Date

December 1 2008

End Date

April 1 2011

Last Update

August 6 2014

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Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710