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NCT03382938
Dexmedetomidine Wound Infiltration in Cesarean Section
NA trial testing Dexmedetomidine in Postoperative Pain in 100 participants. Currently enrolling.
20 December 2025
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Attikon Hospital |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Recruiting now |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | double |
| Primary purpose | prevention |
| Enrollment | 100 |
| Start date | 23 August 2019 |
| Primary completion | 20 December 2025 |
| Estimated completion | 20 November 2026 |
| Sites | 1 location across Greece |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Dexmedetomidine (dexmedetomidine) — full drug profile →
- Ropivacaine (ROPIVACAINE) — full drug profile →
- Dexmedetomidine - Ropivacaine — full drug profile →
- 0,9% saline — full drug profile →
Conditions studied
- Postoperative Pain — all drugs for Postoperative Pain →
Sponsor
Attikon Hospital
Who can join
Adults 18 to 40, female only, with Postoperative Pain. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
The effects of four different wound infiltration protocols in cesarean section will be investigated on parturient' pain intensity, PCA morphine consumption given, side effects and parturient' overall satisfaction. One group will receive for wound infiltration dexmedetomidine, the second ropivacaine, the third dexmedetomidine combined with ropivacaine, while the last one will receive normal saline (placebo group).
Publications & conference data
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- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03382938 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Attikon Hospital
- Last refreshed: 19 March 2025
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