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
Active Locations (1)
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University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242