NCT07213375RecruitingPhase 2/3
High Dose Dexamethasone to Reduce Postoperative Pain After Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Lobectomy /Segmentectomy
High Dose Dexamethasone In High-Pain Responders Undergoing Enhanced Recovery Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Lobectomy and Segmentectomy - A Randomized Double-Blinded Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 7 Jan 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The aim is to conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with a high dose arm (1mg/kg) vs a low dose (8mg in total) of steroid (Dexamethasone) given intravenous (IV) after the induction of anesthesia to "High-pain-responders" in patients undergoing VATS lobectomy/segmentectomy. The hypothesis is that a high dose of Dexamethasone can lower pain when coughing in the morning after VATS lobectomy/segmentectomy, in patients scoring as "High-pain-responders" on the Pain-Catastrophizing-Scale
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 2/3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 80 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 23 Sept 2025
- Start date
- 1 Sept 2025
- Primary completion date
- 31 Oct 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
- Diseases
- Lung cancer
- NCT number
- NCT07213375
- EU CT number
- 2025-520891-25-00
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 2/3
- Planned participants: 80
- From 1 Sept 2025 to the primary completion date, 31 Oct 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Patients undergoing systemic glucocorticoid or other immunosuppressive therapies, ex-cluding inhaled steroids.
- Individuals with diabetes requiring insulin treatment.
- Pregnant or breastfeeding patients.
- Patients with known allergies to the study drug.
- Individuals with mental disabilities that may impair their capacity to provide informed consent or compromise the validity of data collection.
- Patients with diagnosed schizophrenia, active psychosis, bipolar disorder, or a history of ongoing treatment with antipsychotic and/or antidepressant medications.
- Individuals with altered pain perception due to other conditions or injuries, such as spi-nal cord or brain injuries, severe polyneuropathies, or neurological disorders.
- Regular users of opioid medications.
- Patients requiring reoperation within the first two postoperative days.
- Individuals undergoing conversion to a surgical procedure other than VATS lobecto-my/segmentectomy.
Who the study is looking for
- Age ≥ 18 year
- Able to understand written and spoken Danish language
- PCS ≥20
- Signed written informed consent form.
- Patient planned to elective VATS lobectomy/segmentectomy
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigshospitalet Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Copenhagen Oe | Denmark | Recruiting |
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