Safety and Efficacy of Patient Controlled Analgesia in the Emergency Department

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pain

In brief

The aims of this study are to assess efficacy and safety of patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) when applied to the Emergency Department setting and to compare the efficacy and safety of two PCA dosing regimens.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00910208

Run by

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

People needed

211

Starts

2009-04-01

Expected to finish

2010-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-12-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients presenting to the ED with a chief complaint of abdominal pain of less than or equal to 7 days duration
• Age 18 to 65 years
• Patient deemed by the ED attending physician to require IV opioid analgesia

You may not qualify if…

• Current use of prescription or non-prescription opioids
• Long-term use of opioids, chronic pain syndrome
• Clinician suspicion of opioid dependence/abuse
• Clinical suspicion of intoxication
• Pregnancy or breast-feeding
• History of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, history of sleep apnea, oxygen saturation < 97%
• Systolic blood pressure < 100 mm Hg
• Use of monoamine oxidase inhibitors, phenothiazines, or tricyclic antidepressants
• History of renal insufficiency/renal failure
• Prior allergic reaction to morphine
• Inability to provide informed consent
• Previous entry of patient into study

Where it is running

• Jacobi Medical Center — The Bronx, New York, United States

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