Status:

COMPLETED

Etoricoxib Versus Gabapentin for Knee Arthroscopy

Lead Sponsor:

Meir Medical Center

Conditions:

Knee Arthroscopy

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

To determine that when administered as part of a multimodal analgesic regimen, use of the new COX-2 antagonist etoricoxib (120 mg/day, per os) is more effective in improving postoperative pain managem...

Detailed Description

Background: Post-discharge pain remains a significant problem after many ambulatory surgery procedures. Both etoricoxib and gabapentin have been used to prevent postoperative pain; however their relat...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Elective ambulatory knee arthroscopy

Exclusion

  • History of clinically-significant cardiovascular,pulmonary,hepatic,renal, neurologic, psychiatric or metabolic disease
  • Patients chronically receiving pain killers

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2007

Estimated Enrollment :

75 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00799149

Start Date

June 1 2006

End Date

May 1 2007

Last Update

November 27 2008

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Meir Medical Center

Kfar Saba, Israel, 44281