# Duloxetine and Dexamethasone for Improving Postoperative Pain

> **NCT03250494** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Ain Shams University** · enrollment: 75 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Post Operative Pain Control

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Dulox capsule (60mg)
- **DRUG:** combined Dulox capsule (60 mg) orally and Dex 0.1mg/kg diluted in 100 ml 0.9% NS IVI
- **DRUG:** a placebo capsule identical to Dulox capsule and 100 ml 0.9% NS IVI over 15 min, as a placebo for dexamethasone

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03250494
- **Lead sponsor:** Ain Shams University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2014-12
- **Primary completion:** 2016-01
- **Final completion:** 2016-01
- **Target enrollment:** 75 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2017-08-15


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03250494

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03250494, "Duloxetine and Dexamethasone for Improving Postoperative Pain". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03250494. Licensed CC0.

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