# Postoperative Systemic Corticosteroids When Utilizing a Steroid-Eluting Spacer Following Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

> **NCT01564355** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Calgary** · enrollment: 80 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Chronic Sinusitis
- Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
- Post-operative Care
- Steroids
- Drug-eluting Spacer

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Steroid-eluting middle meatal spacer (Nasopore (TM) spacer impregnated with 1 cc of 40mg/mL triamcinolone liquid)
- **DRUG:** Post-op Oral Steroids

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01564355
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Calgary
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2012-04
- **Primary completion:** 2013-09
- **Final completion:** 2013-12
- **Target enrollment:** 80 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2014-12-03


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01564355

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01564355, "Postoperative Systemic Corticosteroids When Utilizing a Steroid-Eluting Spacer Following Endoscopic Sinus Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01564355. Licensed CC0.

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