Pilot Randomized Control Trial Comparing Oral Ketamine and Oral Oxycodone for Pain Control in Emergency Department Patients
Starting soon · Phase 2/Phase 3
Conditions studied: Pain Management
In brief
The goal of this pilot randomized clinical trial is to learn if oral ketamine intervention can control pain in emergency department patients whose providers feel the need for additional pain medication. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does oral ketamine result in a different mean change in pain scores compared with oral oxycodone? * Is there a difference in the need for additional opioid administration within 24 hours after the initial dose of study medication (oral ketamine vs oral oxycodone)? Researchers will compare oral ketamine to oral oxycodone to see if there is a difference in pain control or the need for additional opioid administration. Participants will: * Fill out a survey prior to study medication administration assessing pain scores, pain presentation, and medication history * Be randomized to and receive a dose of oral ketamine or oral oxycodone as the study medication for pain control * Fill out a survey assessing pain control, side effects, and safety outcomes * Receive follow-up phone calls at 1 and 3 months after enrollment to assess pain and opioid use
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07670507
- Run by
- Albany Medical College
- People needed
- 60
- Starts
- 2026-06-24
- Expected to finish
- 2027-04-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-06-26
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- ED patient aged 18 years or older AND
- English proficient AND
- Able to give informed consent AND
- Has a painful condition in the ED that includes any of the following: Musculoskeletal extremity pain, Musculoskeletal back or neck pain, Other nociceptive extremity pain
- AND treating provider has deemed the patient necessitating 'second line pain therapy' (meaning: opioids or ketamine)
You may not qualify if…
- Any of the following:
- Prisoner status
- Pregnant
- Non-English proficient
- Cannot give informed consent
- Requires emergent intravenous pain medicine (as deemed by the treating provider)
- Prior participation in the study
- Previous diagnosis of opioid use disorder
- Previous ketamine addiction
- Patient is in hospice or other palliative care measures
- Contraindication to ketamine, including: Cystitis or bladder pain, Intracranial hypertension, Known coronary artery disease, Age greater than 75 years old, History of prior adverse reaction to ketamine or oxycodone, History or current major psychiatric disorder (as deemed by the treating ED clinician) or history of psychosis
Where it is running
- Albany Medical Center Emergency Department — Albany, New York, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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