Comparison of Dexamethasone Doses on Persistent Postmastectomy Pain

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

This study evaluates the effect of dexamethasone on persistent surgical pain after mastectomy operations. Half of the participants will receive 0.1 mg/kg dexamethasone and the other half will receive 0.2 mg/kg dexamethasone.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Mustafa Kemal University
• Treatments: BB 1101; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone 21-phosphate; Dexamethasone acetate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18-70 years old, female patients

• Written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status ˂3

• Any contraindication to dexamethasone

• Emergency or urgent procedure

• Obesity body mass index ≥27 kg m2

• Motion sickness and vertigo patients

• Axis I psychiatric disease (major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, etc.)

• Significant hepatic (Alanine aminotransferase or Aspartate aminotrans > 2 times normal)

• Renal (serum creatinine > 2 mg/dl) impairment