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The Effects of Reducing Stomach Acid on Post-tonsillectomy Pain

NCT00472186

Phase 4 Terminated 2 enrolled Boston Children's Hospital
RandomizedParallel-groupTriple-blindTreatment

Summary

This study was designed to determine whether post-operative pain following a tonsillectomy can be reduced by adding an antacid-like medication to the medications taken after surgery. It is hypothesized that even a small amount of stomach acid backing up and entering the mouth can increase post-tonsillectomy pain. Therefore, the use of an antacid-like medication should help to decrease pain and reduce the amount of narcotic medication required for pain control.

Timeline

Start
2008-06
Primary completion
2011-02
Completion
2011-02

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Lansoprazole Other / unclassified 15 mg
Subject Lansoprazole Other / unclassified 30 mg

Indications

No indication recorded.