Dexamethasone & Postoperative Bleeding Following Tonsillectomy in Children

Status Terminated

Clinical Trial Summary

Tonsillectomy is one of the most frequently performed surgical interventions in children. However, it is associated with a high incidence of PostOperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV), severe pain and haemorrhage. There is strong evidence on the efficacy of Dexamethasone in reducing the incidence of PONV and pain after tonsillectomy, which led to consider this drug as a first line treatment in routine anaesthesia practice in such surgical setting. However, in the last decade, there have been arguments about the potential role of Dexamethasone in increasing the risk of postoperative bleeding in children and studies addressing the haemorrhage risk following administration of Dexamethasone for tonsillectomy are inconclusive.Thus, this study is aimed at providing evidence for the safety profile of Dexamethasone with regard to the risk of post-tonsillectomy bleeding in children when administered as a single intraoperative dose.

Clinical Trial Description

This double-blind (investigator-surgeon-patient blinded), randomized, placebo control, multicentre, international, pragmatic, non-inferiority trial is designed to to provide evidence of the Dexamethasone safety profile with regard to the risk of post-tonsillectomy bleeding in children when administered as a single intraoperative dose of 0.15mg/kg. The study is also aimed at characterizing whether the co-administration of non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for analgesia potentiates the risk of postoperative haemorrhage. Sample size estimation is based on the definition of a minimal clinically important difference between the 2 groups of treatment (dexamethasone or normal saline) to be equal to 2% (non-inferiority margin). Thus, 3'794 children in total will be included with 1'897 children in each treatment group. The follow-up will be performed by the parents via an "Application" for Android and Apple that has been developed specifically for this study. ;

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT04188431
Study type	Interventional
Source	University Hospital, Geneva
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Status	Terminated
Phase	Phase 4
Start date	November 1, 2020
Completion date	March 1, 2024

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