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CompletedPhase 4

Dexamethasone and Ketamine on Change of Postoperative Mood

NCT03194594 · Wonkwang University Hospital

Closed to entry
Status
Not accepting participants
Phase 4
Phase
93
Target enrolment
1
Study sites
Outside the US

What it is testing

Summary

Ketamine and dexamethasone have been known to be effective postoperative pain. Many studies also have reported these two drugs might change mood such as depression. This study aimed to investigate the effect of each drug individually with their combination on perioperative change of mood in patients undergoing gynecologic surgery

Summary as written by the trial’s own sponsor and published on ClinicalTrials.gov API v2. It is the sponsor’s description, reproduced unedited, not an assessment by this site.

What counts as success

Primary outcome measures

  • The change of patient health questionnaire (PHQ)-9 scores

    Measured over at the 1st day after surgery

A trial succeeds or fails on its primary outcome, declared in advance. Everything else it reports is secondary by definition.

Who can take part

Eligibility, as published

18 Years to 70 Years
Ages
FEMALE
Sex
Accepted
Healthy volunteers
A total of 93 patients Inclusion Criteria: * patients who were scheduled for laparoscopic gynecologic surgery Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with hepatic and renal insufficiency, history of allergy to the study drugs, previous gastric ulcer, diabetes mellitus, and receiving analgesic, antiemetic, antihistamine, steroids or psychiatric drugs within 24 hours before surgery steroids

Where

1 study site

FacilityCityRegionCountry
WonwangUHIksanJeollabuk-doSouth Korea

On the registry

Contact the trial directly

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NCT03194594 on ClinicalTrials.gov →

Last updated in the registry 2017-06-21. Registry records change; this page reflects the data build of 2026-08-25.

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