Status:

COMPLETED

Postoperative Dexamethasone on Post-Cesarean Pain

Lead Sponsor:

Yale University

Conditions:

Post-Cesarean Pain

Cesarean Section Complications

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Investigating if giving post-operative dexamethasone to patients with a history of opioid use disorder on medication assisted treatment during pregnancy improves their pain scores and decreases their ...

Detailed Description

For this study, the researchers are most interested in an option that would be able to be administered consistently (same time/same way): that labor nurses could give and without requiring the patient...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • English-speaking,
  • History of opioid use disorder with current use of MAT during pregnancy,
  • Scheduled for cesarean delivery for their current pregnancy for any indication \[examples of elective c-section (decision made for c-section to be performed prior to onset of labor): fetal malpresentation, suspected macrosomia, prior c-section, abnormal placentation, patient preference\],
  • Negative toxicology screen upon admission to the hospital for their cesarean section, no prior administration of betamethasone for fetal lung maturity within 24h of their scheduled cesarean delivery

Exclusion

  • non-english speaking,
  • screen positive for illicit substance(s) on their admission toxicology screen,
  • require general anesthesia for their cesarean section due to maternal/fetal indication for non-anticipated urgency (thus no longer 'elective') or failure of adequate intra- operative pain control with spinal anesthesia,
  • medical history including known cardiovascular disease, heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension, uncontrolled gestational diabetes or uncontrolled pregestational diabetes, active GI bleed or untreated peptic ulcer,
  • untreated infectious diseases including tuberculosis, systemic candida

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 20 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

24 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04067609

Start Date

July 20 2020

End Date

April 1 2024

Last Update

May 16 2025

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Yale New Haven Hospital

New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06510