Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04859101
Post-operative Sore Throat and Gum Chewing
Post-operative Sore Throat and Gum Chewing for Long Duration LMA Use: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 86 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 75 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if chewing gum immediately prior to transport to the operating room reduces the severity of post-operative sore throat in patients who have an LMA (laryngeal mask airway) placed for procedures with duration greater than 1 hour.
Detailed description
Patients will be randomized into two groups. Group 1 will receive a piece of gum immediately prior to transport to the operating room. They will be asked to chew the gum for 2 minutes and then spit the gum in the garbage. Group 2 will not receive any gum. They will be asked to swallow twice and have no other intervention.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Gum | 2 minutes of gum chewing prior to procedure |
| OTHER | Control | 2 swallows prior to procedure |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2021-07-21
- Primary completion
- 2022-04-30
- Completion
- 2022-05-01
- First posted
- 2021-04-26
- Last updated
- 2022-09-13
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04859101. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.