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Easing Postoperative Sore Throat:A comparison of Tranexamic Acid and Hydrocortisone

comparative evaluation of intravenous hydrocortisone and intravenous tranexamic acid for post operative sore throat in patients undergoing general anaesthesia with endotracheal intubation for elective surgeries: A double blind randomized controlled trial - THROAT Trial [Tranexamic acid vs Hydrocortisone for Relief Of After-surgery Throat pain]

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/06/089876
Enrollment
140
Registered
2025-06-30
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-07-21

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Intervention1: injection tranexamic acid: after randomization patients will recieve either ijn hydrocortisone100 mg or inj tranexamic acid 1000 mg at the time of induction and will be assessed for inc

Sponsors

RAIPUR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. ASA grade I and II 2. Age between 20 to 60 years 3. Patients undergoing surgeries under general anaesthesia with tracheal intubations 4. Surgeries lasting 1 to 3 hours

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patient refusal. 2. Patient with known allergy to drug 3. Patients with IHD, valvular heart disease. 4. Patients with history of or with risk factors for thromboembolism. 5. Patients with renal dysfunction. 6. Patients with elevated AST, ALT values. 7. Pregnant and lactating patients. 8. Patients undergoing surgeries under general anaesthesia with supraglottic airway devices. 9. Patients already taking tranexamic acid or hydrocortisone (or other steroids) for any other indication. 10. History of convulsions .

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. incidence and severity of post operative sore throat Timepoint: 2 hours 4 hours 6 hours 12 hours 24 hours

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
has sore throat affected your ability to eat or drinkTimepoint: 2 hours 4 hours 6 hours 12hours 24 hours

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDR OM PRAKASH ADITYA

RAIPUR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

adityaom2683@gmail.com8691025905

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026