Clinical trials: Ambulatory Surgery
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear, Knee Meniscus Tear
Adductor Canal Block Versus Femoral Block on Pain and Quadriceps Strength
The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of a femoral nerve block vs. an adductor canal block on pain and quadriceps muscle strength for knee arthroscopy surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT05190120
- Testing
- Femoral Nerve Block, Adductor Canal Nerve Block, preoperative Femoral Nerve Block using 20ml of 0.5% ropivacaine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 132 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Anesthesia, Caudal
Caudal Block Versus Local Wound Infiltration for Inguinal Procedures
Single-centre observational study to analyse whether there is a difference in post-operative pain scores and set up time when comparing caudal block with local wound infiltration
- Trial name
- NCT04590027
- Volunteers
- 86 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Tuebingen
Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
The Impact of Preoperative Olanzapine on Quality of Recovery After Discharge From Ambulatory Surgery
The primary objective of this phase 2 randomized controlled trial is to determine whether the pre-operative administration of olanzapine (5 mg PO) improves quality of recovery (assessed by the Quality of Recovery-40 (QoR-40)…
- Trial name
- NCT05676294
- Testing
- Olanzapine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 398 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Opioid Use, Unspecified
the Analgesic Duration of Dexmedetomidine Compared to Dexamethasone as Adjuncts to Single Shot Interscalene Block
The purpose of the study is to determine if perineural dexmedetomidine can provide increased prolongation of analgesia when compared to perineural dexamethasone in patients receiving regional block for shoulder surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT02653144
- Testing
- Ropivacaine, Dexmedetomidine, Dexamethasone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 105 people
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Quality of Recovery, Same Day Surgery
Dexamethasone Administration To Improve Patient Recovery In Ambulatory Vaginal Prolapse Surgery: Is There A Role?
To the investigators knowledge there are no studies in the literature evaluating the effect of Dexamethasone administration on patients undergoing outpatient vaginal prolapse surgeries.
- Conditions
- Quality of Recovery, Same Day Surgery, Nausea and Vomiting, Postoperative, Vaginal Prolapse
- Trial name
- NCT03338400
- Testing
- Dexamethasone, Normal saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
Intraoperative Ventilation
A Comparison of Different Ventilation Strategies in Children Using the Proseal™ Laryngeal Mask Airway
The purpose of this research study is to compare difference between breathing by oneself or with the partial help from an anesthesia machine in children under general anesthesia.
- Trial name
- NCT00966433
- Testing
- Spontaneous ventilation, Pressure support Ventilation, Pressure control ventilation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Community Acquired Pneumonia
Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates in an Ambulatory Pre-surgical Testing Setting
The purpose of this quality improvement project is to improve the immunization rates of an at-risk adult population seen in an ambulatory healthcare environment, through the use of targeted health education messages regarding…
- Trial name
- NCT01787838
- Testing
- Focused Health Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,509 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Carilion Clinic
Surgery
Ambulatory Gynecologic Surgery: Finding the Optimal Opioid Prescription
Currently there is a nationwide epidemic in opioid abuse and overdose deaths. While the opioid epidemic is multi-factorial one major source of excess opioids may be over-prescribing in the post-operative period.
- Trial name
- NCT03588910
- Testing
- Acetaminophen, Ibuprofen 600 mg, Oxycodone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Ventilation
A Comparison of Different Ventilation Strategies in Infants Using the PLMA™
The purpose of this research study is to compare difference between breathing by oneself or with the partial help from an anesthesia machine in infants under general anesthesia.
- Trial name
- NCT03235817
- Testing
- Spontaneous ventilation, Pressure support ventilation, Pressure control ventilation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University
Cataract
In Clinic Optometrist Insertion of Dextenza Prior to Cataract Surgery
To evaluate the clinical outcomes with optometrist pre-surgical insertion of DEXTENZA in the clinical office setting in patients undergoing same-day cataract surgery compared to standard of care steroid therapy.
- Trial name
- Prepare (NCT05023304)
- Testing
- Dextenza 0.4Mg Ophthalmic Insert, Topical prednisolone acetate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vance Thompson Vision
Pain, Post Operative Nausea and Vomiting
Satisfactory Analgesia Minimal Emesis in Day Surgeries
Currently nearly 70% or more surgeries are being done as ambulatory (day care) procedures as they offer significant benefit to the patients as well as to the hospitals.
- Trial name
- SAME-Day (NCT02223377)
- Testing
- Morphine, Hydromorphone
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 402 people
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
Aprepitant for PONV Prophylaxis in Outpatient Plastic Surgery
Hypothesis: Aprepitant plus ondansetron is more effective than ondansetron plus placebo for prevention of postoperative emesis in patients at moderate-to-high risk for PONV for up to 48 hours after surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT00659945
- Testing
- Aprepitant plus Ondansetron
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Difficult Intubation
King Vision Video Laryngoscope Versus Glidescope Video Laryngoscope
The investigators plan to conduct a randomized trial comparing the intubation success rate and time of the King Vision Video Laryngoscope to the Glidescope video laryngoscope in order to demonstrate the comparability of the…
- Trial name
- NCT02324465
- Testing
- King Vision Video Laryngoscope, Glidescope Video Laryngoscope
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Pain
Analgesic Effect of Ketamine in Patients Undergoing Hysteroscopic Endometrial Thermal Ablation Surgery
Hypothesis: The intraoperative administration of ketamine will result in a 30% reduction in opiate requirement following endometrial ablation surgery and the intraoperative administration of ketamine will result in a decreased…
- Trial name
- NCT01106846
- Testing
- Group A: Saline Group, Group B: 1% Ketamine group
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Acute Pain
Evaluating the Use of Sublingual Sufentanil in Patients With Suboxone Treatment
In this case series study, the investigators are testing the hypothesis that sublingual sufentanil (Dsuvia) will improve postoperative pain management in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) in ambulatory surgery patients taking…
- Trial name
- NCT04716413
- Testing
- Dsuvia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Sore Throat, Pain
Post Operative Sore Throat and Dexamethasone
Sore throat is a common postoperative complaint that can lead to morbidity and patient dissatisfaction . The incidence of sore throat has been reported to be between 6% and 90% even under optimal intubating conditions.
- Trial name
- NCT01052038
- Testing
- Dexamethasone 0.05mg/kr administration, Dexamethasone 0.1mg/kg
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Pain
Perioperative Systemic Acetaminophen to Improve Postoperative Quality of Recovery After Ambulatory Breast Surgery
Recent evidence demonstrates that perioperative pain continues to be poorly managed among ambulatory surgical patients. More importantly, few interventions that minimize postoperative pain have also shown to improve patient…
- Trial name
- NCT01852955
- Testing
- IV acetaminophen
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Post-operative Nausea and Vomiting
Effects of Ondansetron Dose and Timing on Post-operative Nausea and Vomiting
The aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of three different regimens of prophylactic ondansetron on the incidence and severity of post-operative nausea and vomiting.
- Trial name
- NCT03297021
- Testing
- Ondansetron 4 MG, Ondansetron 8mg
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 141 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Laparoscopic Surgery
Labetalol and Esmolol: Vital Signs and Post Operative Pain Management
This study proposes to investigate the effects of labetalol or esmolol on managing the vital signs (like blood pressure and heart rate) during surgery, on pain management, and on the later recovery after surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT01114971
- Testing
- Fentanyl, Labetalol, Esmolol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Outpatient Surgery, Abdominal Surgery
Pilot Trial: Postoperative Opioid-free Analgesia
North America is facing an opioid epidemic fueled by surgeons, who are the second largest subgroup of physicians involved in opioid prescribing.
- Conditions
- Outpatient Surgery, Abdominal Surgery, Breast Surgery
- Trial name
- NCT04254679
- Testing
- Opioid analgesics, Non-opioid analgesics
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 81 people
- Sponsor
- McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre