drugset / Trial / NCT00956215

Decreasing the Incidence of Post-Operative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV) in Bariatric Patients

NCT00956215

Completed 125 enrolled University of Pennsylvania
RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindPrevention

Summary

The study drug, Aprepitant, is currently used to control chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting and is also approved for post-operative nausea and vomiting. The investigators' evaluation of it in morbidly obese patients will demonstrate its ability to control nausea and vomiting post-operatively in this subset of patients.

Timeline

Start
2010-05
Primary completion
2012-01
Completion
2012-01

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Comparator Aprepitant Other / unclassified 80 mg

Indications

No indication recorded.