NCT03194594

Dexamethasone and Ketamine on Change of Postoperative Mood

The Effects of Combination of Intravenous Dexamethasone and Ketamine on Change of Postoperative Mood in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopically Assisted Gynecologic Surgery.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 93 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wonkwang University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Ketamine and dexamethasone have been known to be effective postoperative pain. Many studies also have reported these two drugs might change mood such as depression. This study aimed to investigate the effect of each drug individually with their combination on perioperative change of mood in patients undergoing gynecologic surgery

Detailed description

After receiving by IRB approval and obtaining informed consent from patients, 93 patients who are aged between 18 and 70 years old and classified as American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classes I and II. Afterward, the patients will be randomly (sealed envelopes) allocated into one of three treatment; Group K (n = 31) will receive a single dose of ketamine 0.5 mg/kg i.v. plus 2 ml normal saline, Group D (n = 31) receive dexamethasone 0.5 mg/kg i.v. and a maximum dose of 8 mg plus 2 ml saline, and Group KD (n = 31) receive ketamine 0.5 mg/kg i.v. and dexamethasone 0.5 mg/kg i.v. at 5 minutes after the induction of anesthesia in a double-blinded method.

Conditions

• Depressive Symptoms

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Ketamine Hydrochloride, dexamethasone, and combination of two drugs	After receiving by IRB approval and obtaining informed consent from patients, 93 patients who were aged between 18 and 70 years old and classified as American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classes I and II. Afterward, the patients are randomly (sealed envelopes) allocated into one of three treatment; Group K (n = 31) receives a single dose of ketamine 0.5 mg/kg i.v. plus 2 ml normal saline, Group D (n = 31) receives dexamethasone 0.5 mg/kg i.v. and a maximum dose of 8 mg plus 2 ml saline, and Group KD (n = 31) receiveds ketamine 0.5 mg/kg i.v. and dexamethasone 0.5 mg/kg i.v. at 5 minutes after the induction of anesthesia in a double-blinded method.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-05-02
• Primary completion: 2017-06-01
• Completion: 2017-06-12
• First posted: 2017-06-21
• Last updated: 2017-06-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea