Status:
TERMINATED
Analgesic Effect of Intranasal Calcitonin on Patients With Fractured Ribs
Lead Sponsor:
Université de Montréal
Conditions:
Rib Fractures
Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
This study, which will be conducted at the emergency room of the Sacré-Cœur hospital, requires the recruitment of 60 subjects and involves some telephone follow-up. Calcitonin administered as an intr...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients aged 18 or more.
- Accidental rib fracture (one or more) visible on a lung\\thorax radiography, or on a CT Scan of the thorax, as determined by the emergency physician or the radiologist.
- The rib fracture is the main cause of pain.
- The patient says yes to the question "do you wish something for your pain" (the result of the quantitative assessment of the pain in not taken into consideration) or the patient has already received an analgesic before the initial assessment by the emergency physician.
- The patient is seen no more than 48 hours after the accident.
Exclusion
- The patient is already receiving SC.
- Allergy or intolerance to SC, oxycodone chlorhydrate or acetaminophen
- Active neoplasia history for at least 5 years
- Toxicomania history as revealed by case history
- Osteoporosis linked to hyperparathyroidism
- Patient already using opiate analgesics or other analgesics on a regular basis (excluding aspirin at doses of 325 mg or less, as a prophylactic for cardiovascular diseases and under stable posology for at least 15 days)
- Steroid use within the past month
- Pregnancy, breast feeding
- Non-availability of patient for telephone follow-ups or follow-up appointments.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
19 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00444808
Start Date
February 1 2007
End Date
January 1 2008
Last Update
June 4 2008
Active Locations (1)
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Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H4J 1C5