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Corticosteroids Prevent the Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery

NCT06802432 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: EARLY_PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 84

Last updated 2025-01-31

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Summary

Cardiopulmonary bypass and cardiac surgery are associated with a significant systemic inflammatory response that has been suggested playing a causative role in the development of postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF). The goal of this study is to determine the efficacy of corticosteroids prophylaxis in preventing POAF, or length of intensive care unit (ICU) or hospital stay.

Conditions

  • Post Operative Arrythmia
  • Anesthesia
  • Cardiac Surgery
  • Corticosteroids

Interventions

DRUG

1 g of methylprednisolone (divided into 250 mg every 6h started once the patient arrived the pos-toparative ICU)

1 g of methylprednisolone (divided into 250 mg every 6h started once the patient arrived the pos-toparative ICU)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ain Shams University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eman Elshaer, lecturer · faculty of medicine, ain shams university

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-01-01
Primary Completion
2022-07-05
Completion
2022-09-01

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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