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Preemptive Versus Preventive Antiemetic Treatment

Not Applicable
Conditions
Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
Interventions
Other: Antiemetics perioperatively
Registration Number
NCT03023306
Lead Sponsor
University of Athens
Brief Summary

Patients aged between 20 and 70 years, ASA physical status I-III, and scheduled for laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anaesthesia will be enrolled in the study.

Patients will be randomized to the preemptive group to receive an antiemetic regime 1h before the start of surgery or to the intraoperative group to receive the same antiemetic drugs in the same doses intraoperatively, 30 min before the end of surgery.

In the operating room standard monitoring and a standardized anesthetic technique will be implemented in all patients. Nausea, vomiting, retching and PONV (cumulative) will be recorded at PACU, at 4h, 8h and 24h postoperatively. Pain scores assessed by NRS (numerical rating scale) will be recorded at the same time points. Also, when patients received fluids and solid food by mouth will be recorded.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
115
Inclusion Criteria
  • ASA physical status I-III patients
  • Surgical procedure: scheduled for laparoscopic cholecystectomy
  • Type of anesthesia: general
Exclusion Criteria
  • Antihistamines the last three days
  • Antiemetic drugs the last three days
  • Hiatus hernia
  • reflux
  • Gastrointestinal disease
  • Pregnancy
  • BMI > 35
  • parkinson
  • known allergy to the drugs of the protocol
  • epilepsy

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
preemptive groupAntiemetics perioperativelyThe preemptive group will receive the anti-emetic regimen i.v. (4 mg of ondansetron) 1h before the start of surgery. During surgery, 30 min before the end of operation, this group will receive i.v. 0.9% NaCl in equal volumes.The intervention consists of the different time points of antiemetic treatment, thus 1h before surgery vs intraopertively. Intervention: Antiemetic treatment 1h before surgery
intraoperative groupAntiemetics perioperativelyThe preventive group will receive i.v. 0.9% NaCl 1h before surgery and ondansetron 4 mg 30 min before the end of surgery at equal volumes. Intervention: Antiemetic treatment intraoperatively
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
PONV (postoperative nausea vomiting combined)24 hours

Incidence of combined nausea and vomiting postoperatively

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
postoperative vomiting frequency24 hours

number of vomits

postoperative nausea frequency and intensity24 hours

numerical rating scale of nausea intensity (0-10)

postoperative pain24 hours

numerical rating scale of pain intensity (0-10)

retching24 hours

if retching exists

PONV (postoperative nausea vomiting combined)24 hours

frequency and intensity of nausea and vomiting

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Aretaieio University Hospital

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Athens, Attika, Greece

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