Costs of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Ambulatory Surgery Patients

Completed

Conditions studied: Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

In brief

This is an observational study with the goal of determining the costs of nausea and vomiting in ambulatory patients after surgery from the US societal perspective.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00858949

Run by

The Cleveland Clinic

People needed

100

Starts

2008-08-01

Expected to finish

2009-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-07-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Male or female
• 18 years of age or older
• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status 1 to 3
• Outpatients undergoing elective surgery with anesthesia that is expected to last one hour and to require significant postoperative opioids
• Patients must provide written informed consent and have at least two of the following PONV risk factors: (1) female gender, (2) history of PONV and/or currently prone to motion sickness, (3) non smoking status.

You may not qualify if…

• Any drug with potential antiemetic efficacy within 24 hours prior to the anesthetic procedure
• Vomiting, retching, or nausea in the 24 hours preceding anesthesia
• Body mass index >40.

Where it is running

• Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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