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Status unknownNCT02037399Updated Jan 15, 2014

Pilot Trial on Efficacy of Single Dose Perioperative Intravenous Dexamethasone for Pain Relief After Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection

An interventional study of intravenous dexamethasone and intravenous normal saline in Early Gastric Cancer or Gastric Adenoma, sponsored by Yonsei University. Status unknown at 1 site in Korea, Republic of. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2014-01-15.

Sponsored by Yonsei University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jan 2014), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
50
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
20 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Besides major ESD-related complications, minor adverse events after ESD are also commonly noticed. Pain is one of minor ESD-related complications. . The causes of pain associated with ESD or gastric polypectomy are thought to be associated with transmural burn or transmural air leak. How control localized pain for patients who suffered from pain after ESD is appearing as new medical interests. There are few studies about management strategy for pain after ESD. Glucocorticoids are used to reduce inflammation and tissue damage in various clinical settings including inflammatory disease, rheumatic disease, and so on. The efficacy of glucocorticoids for reducing pain after surgery has recently been investigated. Glucocorticoids are thought to locally inhibit collagen deposition and fibrosis and finally reduce scar-tissue formation. Especially systemic steroids are easy to achieve a continuous effect through stable serum concentrations. If pain was partially associated with acute inflammation, we assumed intravenous dexamethasone could be helpful to relieve pain after ESD based on previous studies. we aimed to assess the efficacy of single dose postoperative intravenous dexamethasone for pain relief after ESD.

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Conditions studied

  • Early Gastric Cancer or Gastric Adenoma

Keywords

  • Endoscopic submucosal dissection
  • early gastric cancer
  • pain relief
  • intravenous dexamethasone
  • present pain intensity
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In context

Stomach Neoplasms

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Lead sponsor

Yonsei University is the lead sponsor of 1,387 studies on the registry; 232 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
20 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • 20 years of age or older
  • pathologically diagnosed gastric adenoma or cancer that was eligible for ESD
  • patients who gave written informed consent from patients or responsible family members.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • patients who take pain killer within 48 hours or regularly at enrollment
  • confirmed any other disease which can induce epigastric pain such as peptic ulcer disease and gastroesophageal reflux disease
  • multiple gastric lesions for ESD
  • history of gastric surgery at enrollment
  • severe underlying disease including infection, cardiopulmonary disease, and diabetes.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
50 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    intravenous dexamethasone

    To receive intravenous dexamethasone (0.15 mg/kg) immediately after ESD

    Drug: intravenous dexamethasone

  • Placebo comparator
    intravenous normal saline

    To receive normal saline as placebo intravenous immediately after ESD

    Drug: intravenous normal saline

Interventions

  • Drugintravenous dexamethasone

    Patients were enrolled in outpatient settings after evaluating appropriate ESD indications. A single study coordinator performed a randomization process by using a table of random numbers. The patients were allocated to receive intravenous dexamethasone (0.15 mg/kg) immediately after ESD. The patients with an odd number were assigned into DEXA group, and the patients with an even number were assigned into placebo group. The syringe including dexamethasone was completely covered with a paper sticker to mask treatment assignment. The operator and assisting nurse were also blinded to the study. At the day and next day of ESD, intravenous proton pump inhibitor was routinely administered to prevent complications including bleeding. At 3rd day of ESD, all patients started to take 40mg oral lansoprazole once a day and sucralfate suspension 3 times a day for 28 days.

  • Drugintravenous normal saline

    Patients were enrolled in outpatient settings after evaluating appropriate ESD indications. A single study coordinator performed a randomization process by using a table of random numbers. The patients were allocated to receive intravenous normal saline as placebo immediately after ESD. The patients with an odd number were assigned into DEXA group, and the patients with an even number were assigned into placebo group. The syringe including placebo was completely covered with a paper sticker to mask treatment assignment. The operator and assisting nurse were also blinded to the study. At the day and next day of ESD, intravenous proton pump inhibitor was routinely administered to prevent complications including bleeding. At 3rd day of ESD, all patients started to take 40mg oral lansoprazole once a day and sucralfate suspension 3 times a day for 28 days.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. present pain intensity (PPI)

    The primary outcomes of this study was present pain intensity (PPI) measured at 6 hours after ESD. The reason for adopting 6- hour PPI as primary endpoint was due to maximized pain at 6 hours after ESD in our pilot study.

    Time frame: at 6 hours after ESD

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine
    Seoul, 120-752, Korea, Republic of
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Worni M, Schudel HH, Seifert E, Inglin R, Hagemann M, Vorburger SA, Candinas D. Randomized controlled trial on single dose steroid before thyroidectomy for benign disease to improve postoperative nausea, pain, and vocal function. Ann Surg. 2008 Dec;248(6):1060-6. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31818c709a. PubMed 19092351 ↗
  • Diakos EA, Gallos ID, El-Shunnar S, Clarke M, Kazi R, Mehanna H. Dexamethasone reduces pain, vomiting and overall complications following tonsillectomy in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Clin Otolaryngol. 2011 Dec;36(6):531-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2011.02373.x. PubMed 21812940 ↗
  • De Oliveira GS Jr, Almeida MD, Benzon HT, McCarthy RJ. Perioperative single dose systemic dexamethasone for postoperative pain: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Anesthesiology. 2011 Sep;115(3):575-88. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31822a24c2. PubMed 21799397 ↗
  • Kiriyama S, Oda I, Nishimoto F, Mashimo Y, Ikehara H, Gotoda T. Pilot study to assess the safety of local lidocaine injections during endoscopic submucosal dissection for early gastric cancer. Gastric Cancer. 2009;12(3):142-7. doi: 10.1007/s10120-009-0514-y. Epub 2009 Nov 5. PubMed 19890693 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 15, 2014, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02037399
Lead sponsor
Yonsei University
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 15, 2014
Start date
Jul 2013
Primary completion
Feb 2014 (estimated)
Completion
Feb 2014 (estimated)
Last update
Jan 15, 2014

Study contacts

Hyuk Lee, MD
Contact
leehyuk@yuhs.ac
82-2-2228-1996

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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