Dexamethasone for Pain After Shoulder Surgery

Phase 4 Completed 97 enrolled University of Aarhus Central Denmark Region · collab Horsens Hospital · collab The Danish Rheumatism Association · collab The Hede Nielsen Family Foundation · collab

RandomizedParallel-groupQuadruple-blindTreatment

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.

Timeline

Start: 2011-11
Primary completion: 2013-04
Completion: 2013-06

Publications

Bjornholdt KT, Monsted PN, Soballe K, Nikolajsen L. Dexamethasone for pain after outpatient shoulder surgery: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2014 Jul;58(6):751-8. doi: 10.1111/aas.12333. Epub 2014 May 13.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Dexamethasone	Small molecule	8 mg	Intravenous
Subject	Dexamethasone	Small molecule	40 mg	Intravenous

Dexamethasone for Pain After Shoulder Surgery

Summary

Timeline

Publications

Drugs

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