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the Effect of Carbetocin in Decreasing Intraoperative Blood Loss in Abdominal Myomectomy

Phase 4
Completed
Conditions
Abdominal Myomectomy
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT04083625
Lead Sponsor
Cairo University
Brief Summary

To investigate the effectiveness of carbetocin on reducing intraoperative blood loss during abdominal myomectomy

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
138
Inclusion Criteria
  • • Patients presenting for abdominal myomectomy with documented uterine fibroids on pelvic imaging

    • Age ≥ 25 years and ≤ 50 years
    • Pre-operative hemoglobin >10 g/dl
    • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent.
    • Admissible medical/surgical history
    • Five or less symptomatic uterine myomas
    • symptomatic stage 3 to 6 fibroids, according to FIGO staging
Exclusion Criteria
  • • Post-menopausal women

    • Patients with known bleeding/clotting disorders
    • Patients with a history of gynecologic malignancy
    • Hypertension.
    • Cardiac and Pulmonary diseases.
    • History of allergic reactions attributed to carbetocin

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
placeboplacebo10 cm syringe normal saline IV given just before skin incision of myomectomy.
carbetocincarbetocin 100 mcg100microgram in 10 cm syringe carbetocin IV just before skin incision of myomectomy.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Mean amount of intraoperative blood lossintraoperative

Mean amount of intraoperative blood loss in ml

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Giza hospital

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Giza, Egypt

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