Clinical Trials Directory

Trials / Completed

CompletedNCT00734929

Aprepitant With Dexamethasone Versus Ondansetron With Dexamethasone for PONV Prophylaxis in Patients Having Craniotomy

A Comparison of the Combination of Aprepitant and Dexamethasone Versus the Combination of Ondansetron and Dexamethasone for the Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV) in Patients Undergoing Craniotomy

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
115 (actual)
Sponsor
Duke University · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

We hypothesize that the combination of aprepitant with dexamethasone will provide significantly improved prophylaxis against Postoperative nausea and vomiting compared with the combination of ondansetron and dexamethasone, in patients undergoing craniotomy under general anesthesia.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGAprepitant + DexamethasoneAprepitant 40 mg + Dexamethasone 10 mg
DRUGOndansetron + DexamethasoneOndansetron 4 mg + Dexamethasone 10 mg

Timeline

Start date
2007-09-01
Primary completion
2009-06-01
Completion
2009-06-01
First posted
2008-08-14
Last updated
2017-03-13
Results posted
2011-06-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00734929. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.