# The Effect of Intraoperative Esmolol to Improve Postoperative Quality of Recovery and Pain After Ambulatory Surgery

> **NCT01782898** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Northwestern University** · enrollment: 70 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pain

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Esmolol administered at a rate of 0.5 mg/kg followed by an infusion of 5-15 mcg/kg/min
- **DRUG:** Placebo Comparator: .9 normal saline

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01782898
- **Lead sponsor:** Northwestern University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2013-01
- **Primary completion:** 2014-12
- **Final completion:** 2014-12
- **Target enrollment:** 70 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2016-11-11


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01782898

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01782898, "The Effect of Intraoperative Esmolol to Improve Postoperative Quality of Recovery and Pain After Ambulatory Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-30 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01782898. Licensed CC0.

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