Does Intravenous Cannabis Reduce Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV)?

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2011-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The investigators evaluate if intravenously applied THC (Cannabis) reduces postoperative Nausea and vomiting. THC will be given during anesthesia before emergence. We measure how long and how effective it reduces PONV

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital Inselspital, Berne

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• ASA I-III

• elective open and laparoscopic surgery >1hour

Exclusion Criteria:

• ambulatory surgery

• pregnancy, breast feeding

• >ASA III

• BMI >35

• antipsychotic, antiemetic, cytostatic therapy

• major cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, central nervous system disease

• current chronic cannabis consumption and hard drug abuse

• schizophrenia

• preoperative nausea and vomiting, vestibular disease

• not speaking german or french

• refusal to participate