Dexamethasone for Pain After Shoulder Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

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.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Aarhus
• Collaborators: Central Denmark Region; Horsens Hospital; The Danish Rheumatism Association; The Family Hede Nielsens Fund
• Treatments: BB 1101; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone 21-phosphate; Dexamethasone acetate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Arthroscopic subacromial decompression and/or acromioclavicular resection

• General anaesthesia

• Daysurgery, Horsens Hospital

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