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Chewing Gum to Prevent Nausea and Vomiting After Caesarean Section Under Spinal Anaesthesia

NCT04191694 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 284

Last updated 2020-01-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Our study aims to determine if there is a difference in a self-reported incidence of nausea and vomiting in women who are given chewing gum following elective caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia compared to those who do not receive chewing gum

Conditions

  • PONV

Interventions

OTHER

Chewing Gum

Patients will be given a packet of chewing gum on arrival in the post-operative recovery room. They will be asked to start chewing gum in the recovery room and then asked to chew gum according to their preference over course of the following 24 hours.

DRUG

Ondansetron 4 MG

Ondansetron 4mg intravenously, intra-operatively as part of standard hospital caesarean section protocol

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Terry Tan · Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-10-28
Primary Completion
2020-03-01
Completion
2020-03-01

Countries

  • Ireland

Study Locations

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