Transdermal Nicotine in Female Patients at High Risk for Post Operative Nausea and/or Vomiting (PONV)

Summary

The purpose of this study is to see if the nicotine patch reduces post operative nausea and/or vomiting (PONV) among non-smoking patients who are at high risk of PONV.

Timeline

Start

2009-04

Primary completion

2012-04

Completion

2012-04

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped: “The study is not feasible with the number of subjects needed to complete it.”

Publications

• Background Joseph AM, Fu SS. Safety issues in pharmacotherapy for smoking in patients with cardiovascular disease. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2003 May-Jun;45(6):429-41. doi: 10.1053/pcad.2003.YPCAD14.
• Background Joseph AM, Norman SM, Ferry LH, Prochazka AV, Westman EC, Steele BG, Sherman SE, Cleveland M, Antonuccio DO, Hartman N, McGovern PG. The safety of transdermal nicotine as an aid to smoking cessation in patients with cardiac disease. N Engl J Med. 1996 Dec 12;335(24):1792-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199612123352402.
• Background Tzivoni D, Keren A, Meyler S, Khoury Z, Lerer T, Brunel P. Cardiovascular safety of transdermal nicotine patches in patients with coronary artery disease who try to quit smoking. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 1998 Jul;12(3):239-44. doi: 10.1023/a:1007757530765.
• Results Davidson M, Epstein M, Burt R, Schaefer C, Whitworth G, McDonald A. Efficacy and safety of an over-the-counter transdermal nicotine patch as an aid for smoking cessation. Arch Fam Med. 1998 Nov-Dec;7(6):569-74. doi: 10.1001/archfami.7.6.569.
• Results Head KA, Jurenka JS. Inflammatory bowel disease Part 1: ulcerative colitis--pathophysiology and conventional and alternative treatment options. Altern Med Rev. 2003 Aug;8(3):247-83.
• Results Flood P, Daniel D. Intranasal nicotine for postoperative pain treatment. Anesthesiology. 2004 Dec;101(6):1417-21. doi: 10.1097/00000542-200412000-00023.
• Results Khoury Z, Comans P, Keren A, Lerer T, Gavish A, Tzivoni D. Effects of transdermal nicotine patches on ambulatory ECG monitoring findings: a double-blind study in healthy smokers. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 1996 May;10(2):179-84. doi: 10.1007/BF00823596.
• Results Mahmarian JJ, Moye LA, Nasser GA, Nagueh SF, Bloom MF, Benowitz NL, Verani MS, Byrd WG, Pratt CM. Nicotine patch therapy in smoking cessation reduces the extent of exercise-induced myocardial ischemia. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1997 Jul;30(1):125-30. doi: 10.1016/s0735-1097(97)00128-9.
• Results Richardson CE, Morgan JM, Jasani B, Green JT, Rhodes J, Williams GT, Lindstrom J, Wonnacott S, Peel S, Thomas GA. Effect of smoking and transdermal nicotine on colonic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in ulcerative colitis. QJM. 2003 Jan;96(1):57-65. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcg007.
• Results Shytle RD, Silver AA, Wilkinson BJ, Sanberg PR. A pilot controlled trial of transdermal nicotine in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. World J Biol Psychiatry. 2002 Jul;3(3):150-5. doi: 10.3109/15622970209150616.
• Results Silver AA, Shytle RD, Philipp MK, Wilkinson BJ, McConville B, Sanberg PR. Transdermal nicotine and haloperidol in Tourette's disorder: a double-blind placebo-controlled study. J Clin Psychiatry. 2001 Sep;62(9):707-14. doi: 10.4088/jcp.v62n0908.
• Results Yang YK, Nelson L, Kamaraju L, Wilson W, McEvoy JP. Nicotine decreases bradykinesia-rigidity in haloperidol-treated patients with schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2002 Oct;27(4):684-6. doi: 10.1016/S0893-133X(02)00325-1.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.