Status:

COMPLETED

Dexamethasone for Post Cesarean Delivery Analgesia

Lead Sponsor:

University of Iowa

Conditions:

Postoperative Pain

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-50 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness intravenous (IV) dexamethasone when used as part of a multimodal regimen to manage post cesarean delivery pain. We hypothesize that a single d...

Detailed Description

After the subjects consent to participate in the study they will be transferred to the operating room for their scheduled cesarean delivery. They will have their routine spinal anesthesia with the dos...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • English Speaking
  • Non-laboring women
  • Scheduled Elective Cesarean section under spinal anesthesia
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists I-II physical status

Exclusion

  • Contraindications to spinal anesthesia
  • allergy to study medication
  • patients with allergy to morphine
  • patients with uncontrolled hypertension
  • history of peptic ulcer disease
  • liver cirrhosis
  • diabetes mellitus
  • glaucoma
  • known IV drug abusers
  • patients with chronic pain or on long term opioids
  • patients administered steroids in the past week
  • women with fetuses having known congenital abnormalities
  • psychiatric illness such that they are unable to comprehend or participate in study questions
  • patients on antiviral medications or live virus vaccines would also be excluded.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2013

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

52 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01868633

Start Date

March 1 2013

End Date

May 1 2015

Last Update

September 19 2017

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University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242