# Single Dose Steroid Before Thyroidectomy for Benign Disease to Improve Postoperative Nausea, Pain, and Vocal Function

> **NCT00888303** · PHASE2 · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Ospedale Misericordia e Dolce** · enrollment: 80 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Postoperative Pain
- Postoperative Nausea and Vomit
- Postoperative Vocal Function
- Thyroidectomy

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Dexamethasone
- **DRUG:** saline solution
- **PROCEDURE:** Thyroidectomy, total or partial

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00888303
- **Lead sponsor:** Ospedale Misericordia e Dolce
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2009-01
- **Primary completion:** 2012-10
- **Final completion:** 2012-10
- **Target enrollment:** 80 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2012-09-05


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00888303

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00888303, "Single Dose Steroid Before Thyroidectomy for Benign Disease to Improve Postoperative Nausea, Pain, and Vocal Function". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-08 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00888303. Licensed CC0.

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