Using Dexamethasone After Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Completed · Phase 1 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Pain

In brief

This study looks at lessening the pain after a Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) surgery by using Dexamethasone (a corticosteroid).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00584168

Run by

University of Oklahoma

People needed

15

Starts

2005-03-01

Expected to finish

2011-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-02-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Candidates scheduled for UPPP surgery.
• Able to take steroids

You may not qualify if…

• Those patients who unable to take steroids

Where it is running

• University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

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