The Effect of Preoperative Oral Prednisone on the Operative Field During Nasal Polypectomy.

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study aims to determine if a short course of oral prednisone helps to improve the operative field and ease of surgery by minimizing bleeding during nasal polypectomy surgery.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
• Treatments: Prednisone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All patients with severe obstructing nasal polyps scheduled for surgery.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient unable to tolerate side effects of prednisone

• Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus

• Hypertension

• Previous congestive heart failure

• Acute/chronic systemic infection

• History of hypersensitivity to prednisone

• History of cataracts or glaucoma