Therapeutic Efficacy of Ramosetron for Treatment of Established PONV After Laparoscopic Surgery

February 10, 2019 updated by: Yonsei University
Patients who had at least two risk factors of PONV (Postoperative nausea and vomiting) and underwent laparoscopic surgeries under general anesthesia were assessed for eligibility. Patients who developed PONV within the first 2 hours after anesthesia received intravenously, in a randomized double-blind manner, ondansetron 4 mg or ramosetron 0.3 mg. Patients were then observed for 24 hours after drug administration. The incidence of nausea and vomiting, severity of nausea, requirements for rescue antiemetic and adverse effects at 0-2 and 2-24 hours after drug administration were evaluated. The primary endpoint was the rate of patients exhibiting complete response, defined as no emesis and no further rescue antiemetic medication for 24 hours after drug administration.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

80

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

19 years to 65 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • age 19-65 years
  • patients undergoing elective laparoscopic surgery under inhalational anesthesia
  • duration of surgery between 30 min to 4 h
  • ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) physical status I or II, and patients who had at least two of these risk factors
  • female gender, history of motion sickness (MS) or PONV, nonsmoking, and the use of postoperative opioids.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • patients with history of being allergic to 5-HT3 receptor antagonist
  • patients with history of anticancer chemotherapy
  • chronic opioids use, alcohol abuse, or drug abuse
  • patients who took antiemetic medication within 24 h before surgery, steroids within 24 h before surgery or 24 h after surgery
  • presence of renal (serum Cr > 1.6 mg/dl)
  • hepatic(liver enzymes more than 2 times normal value) insufficiency
  • patients converted to open laparotomy
  • patient who are pregnant or breast-feeding
  • patient with borderline QTc(corrected QT interval) prolongation (> 430 ms for male, >450 ms for female)
  • patient not able to understand the scoring of pain or express the degree of PONV.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: QUADRUPLE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Ondansetron group
Ondansetron also has been reported as effective prophylactic and therapeutic 5-HT3 receptor antagonist for the treatment of PONV. Ramosetron has been shown to have a very strong effect for preventing PONV in previous meta-analyses, but in recent report, its clinical significance may be questioned to request for additional study.
EXPERIMENTAL: Ramosetron group
Ramosetron is a newly developed selective 5-HT3 (5 hydroxytryptamine 3) receptor antagonist with longer duration of action up to 48hours and higher receptor affinity, than its previously developed congeners, including ondansetron.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
ratio of complete response
Time Frame: 24 hours after administration of study drug
complete response is defined as no retching or vomiting and no secondary rescue antiemetic administration
24 hours after administration of study drug

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
incidence of nausea and vomiting
Time Frame: 24 hours after administration of study drug
24 hours after administration of study drug

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 7, 2015

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

April 2, 2016

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

April 2, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 1, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 9, 2017

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

January 11, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

February 12, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 10, 2019

Last Verified

January 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 4-2015-0435

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