NCT01414569

Dexamethasone for Pain After Shoulder Surgery

High Dose Dexamethasone as Pain Treatment After Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery: A Randomised, Blinded Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 97 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Aarhus · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if a dose of 40 mg dexamethasone is more effective as pain treatment than the currently used dose of 8 mg after arthroscopic shoulder surgery.

Conditions

• Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
• Arthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Dexamethasone	Singe dose preoperatively in 100 ml saline intravenously

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-11-01
• Primary completion: 2013-04-01
• Completion: 2013-06-01
• First posted: 2011-08-11
• Last updated: 2013-06-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark