Status:

COMPLETED

Burn Healing and Analgesia With Propranolol

Lead Sponsor:

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Conditions:

Burns

Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-59 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the ability of propranolol to decrease pain and improve recovery in burn patients with a common genotype.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Thermal burn
  • Greater than or equal to 18 years of age
  • Less than 60 years of age
  • Able to speak and read English

Exclusion

  • Intubated
  • Clinically unstable
  • Other substantial comorbid injury (e.g. long bone fracture)
  • Heart block greater than first degree (EKG)
  • History of coronary artery disease
  • History of congestive heart failure
  • Asthma (within past 10 years, induced by a beta-blocker, or receiving current treatment)
  • Pregnant
  • Prisoner
  • Psychotic, suicidal, or homicidal
  • Diabetic
  • Hepatic failure (acute or chronic)
  • Renal failure (acute or chronic)
  • History of hyperthyroidism unless taking synthroid or other thyroid hormone replacement
  • Exceeds daily acceptable chronic opioid use prior to burn
  • Interacting medication
  • Received propranolol within the last 6 months
  • Multiple severe allergic reactions
  • On daily methylphenidate or similar stimulant medication
  • Unwilling to use medically acceptable birth control (if childbearing potential)
  • Breastfeeding
  • Severe peripheral vascular disease or vasospastic disorder
  • Bradycardia that in the opinion of the investigator would constitute too great a risk when considered in the context of the patient's medical comorbidities and health history
  • Other criteria that in investigator's opinion makes participant poor candidate for the trial
  • Cancer (except basal cell cancer)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

45 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00934947

Start Date

July 1 2009

End Date

June 1 2011

Last Update

November 17 2017

Active Locations (4)

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1

Washington Hospital Center

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20011

2

North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27514

3

Wake Forest University Baptist

Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States, 27587

4

Crozer Chester Medical Center

Upland, Pennsylvania, United States, 19102