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Clinical trialNCT03995628CompletedPhase 2Interventional

Steroids and Pain Control After Tonsillectomy

SponsorMedical University of South CarolinaEnrollment163Obstructive Sleep Apnea of ChildTonsillitis
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Summary

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This research study aims to find out if a single oral dose of steroid after tonsillectomy will reduce pain and decrease the need for narcotic medications.
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Investigators

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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • Medical University of South Carolina

    Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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Drugs studied

The drug and biological interventions registered on this study, normalized to their RxNorm ingredient where possible.

Dexamethasone →Placebo
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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
18 Dec 2018
Primary completion
15 Sept 2025
Completion
31 Dec 2025
Last update posted
12 Jan 2026
Registered enrollment
163
Registry id
NCT03995628
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.