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New drug may soothe cough during thyroid surgery recovery
NCT ID NCT07625826
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests if a medicine called esketamine can reduce coughing when the breathing tube is removed after thyroid surgery. About 136 adults having open thyroid surgery will take part. Researchers will compare how many people cough and how severe the cough is.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 136 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients scheduled for elective open thyroid surgery * ASA class I-II * Voluntarily participate in the study and sign the informed consent form Exclusion Criteria: * Body Mass Index \> 30 kg/m² * Patients with unstable ischemic cardiomyopathy, pulmonary hypertension, poorly controlled or untreated hypertension (arterial hypertension, resting systolic/diastolic blood pressure \>180/100 mmHg) * Hepatic or renal dysfunction * History of oral, maxillofacial, neck, or airway surgery, or pathological structural alterations * Respiratory diseases (COPD, asthma, inflammation, chronic cough) * Patients with elevated intracranial pressure * Patients undergoing repeat surgery * History of allergy to the investigational drug used in the study * Patients with psychiatric disorders or alcohol abuse (daily ethanol intake ≥40 g, or having experienced alcohol withdrawal within the past 6 months, or unable to control alcohol consumption)
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University
Hefei, Anhui, China
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