Dexamethasone Administration To Improve Patient Recovery In Ambulatory Vaginal Prolapse Surgery: Is There A Role?

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-08-21
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

To the investigators knowledge there are no studies in the literature evaluating the effect of Dexamethasone administration on patients undergoing outpatient vaginal prolapse surgeries.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: The Cleveland Clinic
• Treatments: BB 1101; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone acetate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Women over the age of 18

2. Women scheduled for vaginal POP reconstructive surgery with or without concomitant anti-incontinence procedure and with or without hysterectomy

3. ASA class 1-2

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Daily use of steroids, antiemetics in the month prior to surgery

2. Chronic pain requiring daily opioid treatment

3. History of allergy/intolerance to Dexamethasone

4. ASA class 3

5. Numerical Pain score of more than 4 at baseline

6. Renal/Liver disease

7. Diabetes mellitus

8. Pregnancy

9. Inability to answer questionnaires

10. Any systemic infections

11. Immuno compromised status

12. Patients with planned overnight stay