Value of Ondansetron Medication vs Inhaled Isopropyl Therapy in the Emergency Department (VOMIITED)

Completed · Early Phase 1

Conditions studied: Nausea, Vomiting

In brief

This study will compare two different ways to relieve nausea and vomiting in the Emergency Department. The usual treatment for nausea/vomiting is a drug called Zofran, but new studies have suggested that smelling alcohol pads can also help to relieve nausea and vomiting.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03125811

Run by

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso

People needed

121

Starts

2017-07-17

Expected to finish

2023-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2023-08-29

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Patients aged 18-65 years presenting to the emergency department complaining of current nausea with or without episodes of emesis beginning within the previous 24hrs

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with known allergy to isopropyl alcohol
• Patients outside of the defined age range
• Patients with an inability to inhale through the nares (including recent upper respiratory infection)
• Patients greater than 20 weeks estimated gestation
• Patients with past medical history of gastroparesis, or hemoptysis
• Patients who have taken an antiemetic medication in the past 48 hours
• Patients demonstrating hemodynamic instability with systolic blood pressure <90 or tachycardia >120 bpm

Where it is running

• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso — El Paso, Texas, United States
• University Medical Center — El Paso, Texas, United States

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