Active clinical trials for "Nausea"

Nausea is a common symptom encountered in the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) environment that is often treated with oral or intravenous anti-emetic medications. Research Design/Plan: This will be a randomized equivalence study comparing the reduction in a patient's reported level of nausea after treatment with either Ondansetron or IPA Methods: Patients who report nausea and/or vomiting in the normal evaluation and care of after calling 911 for Emergency Medical Care will be offered enrollment in the study. A short script will be attached to the outside of each study packet providing information about the study and its risks and benefits. Verbal or written (waiver of informed consent will be requested) permission will be obtained to start randomization. If the patient agrees to enroll then the study packet will be opened and utilized. All Advanced Life Support Ambulances in the San Antonio Fire Department will have sealed numbered opaque boxes or envelopes with either: 70% Isopropyl Alcohol swabs or ondansetron. Six Visual Nausea Severity Scoring cards will be provided with a marking pen to record timed nausea levels before and upon arrival to the Emergency Department and 15 minutes after treatment whichever comes first. Clinical Relevance: This treatment has not been studied in the unique environment encountered by Paramedics in the Pre-Hospital setting. If this treatment is found to be effective, it many offer a very simple, extremely inexpensive and non-invasive (basic life support) approach for the treatment of nausea.

Tonsillectomy is one of the most frequent surgical operations performed in children [1-4]. It is usually associated with postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) with an incidence ranging from 23% to 73% [2]. Dexamethasone has been shown to be effective in reducing PONV after tonsillectomy using standardized anesthetic technique [2, 5-7]. Previous studies utilizing a different technique, the pre-incision infiltration of local anesthesia, had shown to decrease post-tonsillectomy pain, reduce analgesic consumption and provide a rapid return to normal activity [8, 9]. Given the effectiveness of dexamethasone and the pre-incision infiltration anesthetic technique, it would be beneficial to compare the effect of each on PONV.

To evaluate the feasibility of a three-parallel-arm, placebo-controlled randomized trial using a standard auricular acupressure protocol for managing nausea and vomiting in a homogenous group of female breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. The null hypotheses of this study are: (1) There will be no significant difference in acute/delayed nausea and vomiting among groups during the intervention period; (2) There will be no significant difference in anticipatory nausea and vomiting among groups before the second cycle of chemotherapy; (3) There will be no significant difference in quality of life status among groups at the end of the first cycle of chemotherapy.

To provide oral domperidone to patients between the ages of 18 and 60 years of age, according to the investigator's judgment, a prokinetic effect is needed for the relief of severe gastroparesis. We have defined severe gastroparesis as 1) positive gastric emptying scintigraphy (more than 10% residue at 4 hours), 2) nausea, 3) early satiety, 4) abdominal pain. We will recruit patients for two years and the patients will be given domperidone for up to two years.

Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) remain a significant challenge in our practice. However, pharmaceutical prophylaxis is only partially effective and can imply unpleasant adverse effects. Accordingly, the use of non-pharmacological methods in preventing PONV is appropriate. Acupuncture is reported to reduce PONV and pain, and the adverse events are minimal. The objective of this multicentre, double-blinded, randomized, controlled trial is to investigate whether acupuncture can be a supplementary to the ordinary treatment in children undergoing tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy. In addition, the non-specific effect of parental attitudes and expectations on the outcomes will be explored. Two hundred and eighty patients will be included and randomized into two groups Treatment group: acupuncture treatment (approximately 15 to 20 minutes) during anaesthesia and standard treatment Control group: standard treatment The primary endpoints in the intervention study are nausea, retching, vomiting and pain during 24 hours postoperatively. The effect of acupuncture will be studied with regard to any association with possible factors of predisposition to PONV, as well as with other factors registered during the study. Adverse events from acupuncture will be registered. The objective of the self-report questionnaires is to investigate parental attitudes and expectations to the acupuncture treatment pre- and postoperatively compare data of the outcomes from the intervention trial with data from the questionnaires, in order to find any correlation between parental beliefs, attitudes and expectations, and the effect of the acupuncture treatment

This is a multicenter, randomized, open-label, paralleled-group, active-controlled study. The study is to demonstrate non-inferiority of the Granisetron Transdermal Delivery System (GTDS) efficacy compared with the ondansetron efficacy with regard to Complete Response (CR) of Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting (CINV). Patients scheduled to receive the one cycle of a HE chemotherapy regimen administered for 1-5 days will attend a Screening Visit 2 to 14 days before start of HE chemotherapy. Eligible patients will be randomized to 1 of 2 treatment groups at the Randomization Visit (1 to 2 days prior to HE chemotherapy). Sancuso patch Zofran inj. + Zofran tab. The patch will be applied 2days (48-24h) prior to first daily dose of the highly emetogenic chemotherapy regimen and remain in place for 5 days after start of chemotherapy. The patient will be assessed daily until 5days after first chemotherapy administration. Adverse Events (AEs) will be collected until 2 days after the final dose of IP. Non-serious AEs will be followed-up until 2 days after the final dose of IP. Serious adverse events will be followed-up until they are resolved, stable or until the patient is lost to follow-up.

The purpose of this study is to clarify whether the matching acupoints are more effective than a single point by electro-acupuncture in the management of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting .

This study was designed to evaluate the treatment efficacy and safety of palonosetron for the patients who undergo laparoscopic gynecologic, abdominal or other surgery under general anesthesia.

The principal objective of this multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled trial is to evaluate whether 4 weeks of treatment with aprepitant will improve nausea as compared with placebo in patients with symptoms of chronic nausea and vomiting of presumed gastric origin.

The investigators want to test the efficacy of these anesthetic antiemetic measures collectively with or without ondansetron or dexamethasone, in the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy.