Pre-Surgery pill boosts recovery in women
NCT ID NCT05676294
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 17, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tested whether giving women a single dose of olanzapine before outpatient surgery improves how they feel the day after. 384 women aged 18-50 took either the drug or a placebo. The goal was to see if it helps with nausea, pain, and overall recovery quality.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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398 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2023
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- 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.
- Ages
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18 to 50 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- 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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Inclusion Criteria: * Provision of signed and dated informed consent form * Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study * Female aged 18-50 * Scheduled to undergo ambulatory surgery under general anesthesia * Access to smartphone device or computer with internet connection and has an email address Exclusion Criteria: * Non-English speaking * Unable to swallow pills * Current use of anti-psychotic medications * History of allergy to olanzapine * Pregnancy/Lactation * Current use of antihypertensive medication * Diabetes Mellitus * Clinically significant cardiovascular disease defined as follows: 1. Myocardial infarction or unstable angina within 6 months prior to the day of planned surgery. 2. History of serious ventricular arrhythmia (i.e.: ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation) or cardiac arrhythmias requiring anti-arrhythmic medications, except for atrial fibrillation that is well controlled on anti-arrhythmic medication. 3. New York Heart Association Class II or higher congestive heart failure. 4. Postural hypotension or vasovagal syncope within 6 months of planned surgery. * Hypotension on day of surgery, defined as a systolic blood pressure \< 90mmHg * Seizure disorder * Clinically active prolactinoma * Hepatic disease * Narrow angle glaucoma * Parkinson's disease * Lewy body dementia
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States
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