NCT06453083

Medrol Dose Packs for Post-Operative Pain Control

Prospective Randomized Trial Using Medrol Dose Packs for Post-Operative Pain Control

• Status: Completed
• Phase: EARLY_Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 57 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Utah · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years – 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators primary purpose of this study is to determine if the addition of a short course use of steroids following surgery for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) will improve post-operative pain management and shorten hospital length of stay.

Detailed description

Post-operative pain control following AIS surgery is challenging. Sub-optimal pain management results in emotional distress and prolonged hospital length of stay. Previous studies have shown that a short course of steroids following spine surgery is safe and improves pain control. To better understand the effects of the addition of steroids to a routine pain management strategy, a randomized prospective study with and without steroids will determine the benefit, if any, to the addition of steroids to the investigators already used pain protocol.

Conditions

• Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Placebo	Placebo tablets will be dispensed to the participants for 6-days.
DRUG	Medrol	Medrol tablets will be dispensed to the participants for 6-days.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-01-13
• Primary completion: 2024-12-17
• Completion: 2024-12-17
• First posted: 2024-06-11
• Last updated: 2025-01-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated drug study