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Comparison of Intravenous Ibuprofen and Paracetamol in Patients With Sciatica Presented to the Emergency Department

NCT02777320 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2016-07-15

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Summary

Currently, Paracetamol and Ibuprofen are widely used by emergency physicians in Turkey for the pain treatments.

The objective of the study was to assess whether intravenous Paracetamol has superior Sciatica pain reduction will compare with Ibuprofen in emergency department (ED) adults.

Half of the participants will receive Paracetamol and the other half will receive Ibuprofen.

Conditions

  • Sciatica

Interventions

DRUG

paracetamol

1000 mg Paracetamol in 150 ml normal saline given as a slow intravenous infusion over 5 minutes (100 ml of saline is removed before the addition of the 100 ml paracetamol to be the same volume)

DRUG

Ibuprofen

400 mg Ibuprofen in 150 ml normal saline given as a slow intravenous infusion over 5 minutes

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Pamukkale University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mustafa SERINKEN, professor · Pamukkale University

  • Cenker EKEN, associate professor · Akdeniz University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-03-31
Primary Completion
2016-08-31
Completion
2016-09-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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