A clinical trial to study the effect of two drugs, granisetron and combination of granisetron-dexamethasone on postoperative nausea and vomiting in children undergoing strabismus surgey
Phase 2
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- children undergoing strabismus surgery
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2009/091/001000
- Lead Sponsor
- none
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Inclusion Criteria
All children aged 1-14 years undergoing elective strabismus surgery
Exclusion Criteria
i. Refusal to participate by parents
ii. Difficult airway
iii. Mental retardation
iv. Severe cardiac/ respiratory disease
v. taking drugs which have antiemetic action (phenothiazines, corticosteroids, tricyclic antidepressant)
vi. previous history of motion sickness
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method incidence and severity of Post operative nausea and vomiting in first 24 hours after surgeryTimepoint: 24 hours after surgery;incidence and severity of Post operative nausea and vomiting in first 24 hours after surgeryTimepoint: 24 hours after surgery
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ready to shift to ward from recovery room,<br>parents satisfactionTimepoint: 24 hours postoperatively;ready to shift to ward from recovery room,<br>parents satisfactionTimepoint: 24 hours postoperatively