Status:

COMPLETED

Safety and Efficacy Study of Hydromorphone and Morphine

Lead Sponsor:

Montefiore Medical Center

Conditions:

Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

21-65 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

To compare a standard weight-based dose of intravenous (IV) hydromorphone (Dilaudid) to a standard weight-based dose of IV morphine in adults presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) with acute sev...

Detailed Description

There is widespread agreement that pain is under-treated in the Emergency Department (ED). The current recommended treatment of acute pain in the ED setting is administration of an initial bolus of mo...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • adults between the ages of 21 and 65 who presented to the ED with acute pain (defined as pain less than 7 days in duration) (23) of sufficient severity in the judgment of the ED attending to warrant use of IV opioids.

Exclusion

  • previous allergy to morphine or hydromorphone
  • systolic blood pressure less than 90 mmHg
  • alcohol intoxication as judged by the attending physician
  • use of other opioids within the past 7 days
  • use of an Monoamine Oxidase (MAO) inhibitor
  • chronic pain syndromes (such as sickle cell disease or fibromyalgia)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2005

Estimated Enrollment :

198 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00195910

Start Date

October 1 2004

End Date

January 1 2005

Last Update

August 15 2018

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Montefiore Medical Center

The Bronx, New York, United States, 10467