Effect of Early Pain Management at Triage on Opioid Consumption

Acute Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of Early Analgesic Treatment on Opioid Consumption

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03243006
• Other study ID #: Triage treatment
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 15, 2017
• Last updated: November 28, 2017
• Start date: January 1, 2016
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2016

Study information

• Verified date: November 2017
• Source: University of Monastir
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

introduction: Pain remains one of the most common reasons of emergency department admission. Opioids are overprescribed in emergency departments to treat severe pain.

objective: assessing the impact of ealy pain pain management on the use of intravenous morphine and on patient satisfaction.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1500
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2016
• Est. primary completion date: September 30, 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• over 18 years of age

• a visual analog scale (VAS) equal to or higher than 30/100 ,

• having given consent to participation

• No contraindications to products used in the course of the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• having a vital distress that does not allow an adequate assessment of the intensity of the pain

• an inability to assess pain intensity according to the VAS,

• swallowing disorders or inability , or a contraindication or an allergy to the treatments used.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acute Pain

Intervention

Drug:
• Paracetamol
2 tablets of 500mg of paracetamol
• Tramadol/Paracetamol combination
2 tablets of tramadol/paracetamol combination (32.5mg/325mg)
• Placebo Oral Tablet
2 tablets of placebo

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Monastir

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	use of rescue opioids	decreased consumption of intravenous morphine	DURING emergency department stay
Secondary	patient satisfaction	patient satisfaction regarding the overall management in the emergency department measured by likert scale	When quitting emergency department
Secondary	Length of emergency department stay		Until emergency department discharge
Secondary	Pain intensity at emergency department discharge	Percentage of patients with visual analog scale <30	At emergency department discharge