Dexamethasone and Ondansetron Versus Placebo for Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

NCT ID: NCT01876290

Last Updated: 2016-10-31

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

122 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-05-31

Study Completion Date

2015-03-31

Brief Summary

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The investigators want to test if it is indicated to associate dexamethasone and ondansetron in obese patients having bariatric surgery under total intra-venous closed-loop anesthesia.

Detailed Description

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Obese patients having bariatric surgery have frequently postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). We want to test if it is indicated to associate dexamethasone and ondansetron in obese patients having bariatric surgery under total intra-venous closed-loop anesthesia.

Two groups to be studied: one will receive 4 mg dexamethasone at the end of the anesthetic induction and 4 mg ondansetron at the end of the surgical procedure, one will receive normal saline.

One hundred twenty consecutive patients meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria and who give written informed consent to participate in the study will be randomly assigned to one of two experimental groups using a 1:1 ratio.

Patients will be continuously monitored in the post anesthesia care unit (PACU) and the medical floor for a total of 24 hours post operatively. Episodes of nausea, vomiting and administration of rescue therapy for either nausea or vomiting will be recorded and time stamped. In addition, severity of nausea will be evaluated by the patient using a standard verbal response scale (VRS) ranging from 0-10, 0 being no nausea and 10 being severe nausea. Rescue therapy for PONV episodes will consist of 4 mg ondansetron followed by 0.625 mg droperidol if necessary.

Conditions

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Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

Keywords

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Anesthesiology Complications Closed-loop

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Dexamethasone and Ondansetron

Each patient will receive Dexamethasone and Ondansetron

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Dexamethasone and Ondansetron

Intervention Type DRUG

Comparison between Dexamethasone and Ondansetron and placebo in the prevention of postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

Placebo

Each patient will receive placebo instead of Dexamethasone and Ondansetron

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Interventions

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Dexamethasone and Ondansetron

Comparison between Dexamethasone and Ondansetron and placebo in the prevention of postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adult patients aged 18-75 years
* Scheduled for bariatric surgery under total intra-venous closed-loop anesthesia
* Apfel score equal or greater than 2
* Consenting to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

* Pregnant, breast feeding women
* Allergy
* Contraindication to dexamethasone
* Contraindication to ondansetron
* Contraindication to propofol, remifentanil, morphine, ketoprofen
* Limit to the use of bispectral index
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Hopital Foch

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Marc Fischler, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Hôpital Foch

Locations

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Clinique de la Baie des Citrons

Nouméa, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

References

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Liu N, Chazot T, Hamada S, Landais A, Boichut N, Dussaussoy C, Trillat B, Beydon L, Samain E, Sessler DI, Fischler M. Closed-loop coadministration of propofol and remifentanil guided by bispectral index: a randomized multicenter study. Anesth Analg. 2011 Mar;112(3):546-57. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318205680b. Epub 2011 Jan 13.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21233500 (View on PubMed)

Song JW, Park EY, Lee JG, Park YS, Kang BC, Shim YH. The effect of combining dexamethasone with ondansetron for nausea and vomiting associated with fentanyl-based intravenous patient-controlled analgesia. Anaesthesia. 2011 Apr;66(4):263-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.06648.x.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21401538 (View on PubMed)

Bataille A, Letourneulx JF, Charmeau A, Lemedioni P, Leger P, Chazot T, Le Guen M, Diemunsch P, Fischler M, Liu N. Impact of a prophylactic combination of dexamethasone-ondansetron on postoperative nausea and vomiting in obese adult patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy during closed-loop propofol-remifentanil anaesthesia: A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled study. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2016 Dec;33(12):898-905. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000427.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26866433 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2012-001486-32

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2012/14

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id