A Postoperative Sore Throat After Thyroidectomy

Post Operative Sore Throat Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Dexmedetomidine and Remifentanil on the Postoperative Sore Throat After Thyroidectomy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03805568
• Other study ID #: YUMC 2017-03-037
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 5, 2017
• Est. completion date: July 25, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: January 2019
• Source: Yeungnam University College of Medicine
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study was performed to compare the effect on of a postoperative sore throat between dexmedetomidine and remifentanil in patients undergoing thyroidectomy.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 74
• Est. completion date: July 25, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: July 3, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients who scheduled primary thyroidectomy were enrolled and their physical status was American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class 1 or 2

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with respiratory tract disease, previous head, and neck surgery, preexisting steroid or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use, and known or suspected difficult airway

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pharyngitis
• Post Operative Sore Throat

Intervention

Drug:
• dexmedetomidine infusion group
dexmedetomidine as anaesthetic adjuvant
• remifentanil infusion group
remifentanil as anaesthetic adjuvant

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Korea, Republic of	Eun kyung Choi	Daegu	Korea (the Republic Of)

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Yeungnam University College of Medicine

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Korea, Republic of, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	incidence of postoperative sore throat at rest	0=none; 1=occur	6 hours after surgery
Primary	incidence of postoperative sore throat at swallowing	0=none; 1=occur	6 hours after surgery
Primary	severity of postoperative sore throat at rest	4-point scale (0=none; 1=mild; 2=moderate; 3=severe)	6 hours after surgery
Primary	severity of postoperative sore throat at swallowing	4-point scale (0=none; 1=mild; 2=moderate; 3=severe)	6 hours after surgery