Status:
COMPLETED
The Use of Ketamine as Rescue Analgesia in the Recovery Room Following Opioid Administration. A Double-blind Randomised Trial in Postoperative Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Bayside Health
Conditions:
Post Operative Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
This clinical trial will determine if postoperative patients who have postoperative pain, which has been refractory to morphine administration, will have improved pain relief following a bolus adminis...
Detailed Description
Some patients require large doses of opioids to control postoperative pain, which can result in a prolonged period of poor pain control, and potentially increased side effects associated with large mo...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 1\. Those patients requiring the routine pain protocol to be implemented as used in the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit who need more than two doses of morphine (and having received intraoperative morphine).
Exclusion
- Exclusion Criteria
- Known allergy to morphine or ketamine.
- Past history of major psychiatric disturbance or currently taking psychiatric medication/s.
- Chronic morphine usage.
- Chronic pain syndrome or chronic painful medical condition.
- Unable to obtain a reliable pain score in recovery due to language barriers or residual anaesthesia.
- Known pregnancy.
- Cases where primary anaesthetist prefers alternate therapy.
- Aged less than 18 years.
- Weight less than 50 kilograms or greater than 100 kilograms.
- Use of ketamine intraoperatively.
- Use of major regional block.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2002
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
September 1 2004
Estimated Enrollment :
40 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00163969
Start Date
April 1 2002
End Date
September 1 2004
Last Update
January 15 2016
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