Intraoperative Dexamethasone and Its Effect on Hyperglycemia

Ascension Health

Status and phase: Withdrawn; Phase 4

Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus

Treatments: Drug: Dexamethasone; Other: No dexamethasone

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT03646916

GRMC160010

Details and patient eligibility

About

To study the effect of intra-operative dexamethasone on the management of post-operative blood sugar in diabetic patients.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• documented history of Type I or Type II Diabetes Mellitus
• scheduled for surgery that requires patients to be admitted for at least 24 hours post-surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Patients on steroid therapy
• Pregnant women
• Patients at low risk for nausea/vomiting

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Dexamethasone

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: No dexamethasone

Drug: Dexamethasone

Non-treatment

No Intervention group