Monitoring Side Effects Of Pain Medication Prescribing By Emergency Department In Patients Over 65

Acute Pain Clinical Trial

— MOSE65  

Official title:

Monitoring Side Effects Of Pain Medication Prescribing By Emergency Department In Patients Over 65. The MOSE65 Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02046681
• Other study ID #: AOSMariaMisericordia
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 9, 2014
• Last updated: March 2, 2015
• Start date: June 2014
• Est. completion date: March 2015

Study information

• Verified date: June 2014
• Source: Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria della Misericordia
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Italy: The Italian Medicines Agency
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Clinical Trial Summary

Half of the people over the age of 65 are not functioning at their optimal level because of interference from pain. > 50% of older adults had taken prescriptions of pain medication beyond a 6-month period. In Emergency Department 80% of visits involving conditions with painful component. The study aims to observe and check side effects of most frequently pain killers prescribing at home to patients over 65 years old after a visit in emergency department.

Description:

- observe side effects of pain medications prescribed in emergency department to patient over 65 yo

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1000
• Est. completion date: March 2015
• Est. primary completion date: December 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 65 years or older

• new analgesic treatment po following emergency department visits

• easily reachable by phone

Exclusion Criteria:

• age under 65

• pt may not able to hear, or answer the phone

• pt with a history of dementia

• pt who already takes pain killer, or neuroleptics

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acute Pain
• Analgesics
• Elderly
• Emergencies

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Italy	Castelfranco Veneto Emergency Department	Castelfranco Veneto
Italy	Dolo Emergency Department	Dolo
Italy	Mirano Emergency Department	Mirano
Italy	Montebelluna Emergency Department	Montebelluna
Italy	Emergency Department AOU S.Maria della Midericordia Udine	Udine

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria della Misericordia

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Italy, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	To measure side effects of pain medication prescribed by emergency department to patients older 65 years	To Measure the rate of mayor and minor complications and the number of hospitalization during the therapy	up to 1 week	Yes
Secondary	To ascertain the number of patients pain free	July 1, 2014	1 month	No
Secondary	Measure the number of patients that follow the therapy prescribed	July 1 2014	1 month	Yes