Dexamethasone for Pain After Shoulder Surgery
- Registration Number
- NCT01414569
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if a dose of 40 mg dexamethasone is more effective as pain treatment than the currently used dose of 8 mg after arthroscopic shoulder surgery.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 97
Inclusion Criteria
- Arthroscopic subacromial decompression and/or acromioclavicular resection
- General anaesthesia
- Daysurgery, Horsens Hospital
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Exclusion Criteria
- Incompetent
- Pregnant
- Age under 18 or over 90 years
- Allergy toward dexamethasone
- Diabetes
- Active gastric ulcer
- Untreated hypertension
- Glaucoma
- Daily use of glucocorticoids or strong opioids
- Daily use of analgesics for unrelated illness
- Myasthenia gravis
- Mitochondrial disorders
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description 8 mg dexamethasone Dexamethasone - Placebo, saline Dexamethasone - 40 mg dexamethasone Dexamethasone -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain score by numeric rating scale At 8 hours postoperatively
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Use of analgesics During hospital stay, about 4 hours Need for supplemental analgesic medication during stay in recovery on the day of operation, until discharge.
Pain score by numeric rating scale At about 8 a.m. on the first postoperative day On the morning of the first postoperative day, the self-evaluated level of pain as assessed by numeric rating scale.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Horsens Hospital
🇩🇰Horsens, Denmark