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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 31 August 2015
Main ID:  NCT02355678
Date of registration: 26/01/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Makassed General Hospital
Public title: Dexamethasone Versus Local Infiltration Technique for Tonsillectomy in Children
Scientific title: The Effect of Dexamethasone Versus Local Infiltration Technique on Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting After Tonsillectomy in Children: A Randomized Double-blind Clinical Trial
Date of first enrolment: January 2015
Target sample size: 129
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02355678
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Lebanon
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients scheduled for total or partial tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients who received antiemetics, steroids, antihistaminics, or psychoactive drugs within
24 hours before surgery.

Patients who are suspected to have malignant neoplasm and signs of acute pharyngeal
infection..

Patients who have asthma, diabetes mellitus, bleeding problems, and allergy towards
bupivacaine.



Age minimum: 2 Years
Age maximum: 13 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
Intervention(s)
Drug: dexamethasone
Drug: General anesthesia
Drug: Propacetamol hydrochloride
Drug: Tramadol hydrochloride
Procedure: gastric content suction
Drug: Local anesthetic infiltration
Drug: Paracetamol Suppository
Procedure: Tonsillectomy
Primary Outcome(s)
Incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting [Time Frame: 5 postoperative days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Postoperative pain [Time Frame: 5 postoperative days]
Secondary ID(s)
201212
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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