Status:
WITHDRAWN
Pain Management in ED for Incision and Drainage of Abscess
Lead Sponsor:
University of California, Los Angeles
Conditions:
Abscess
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
Patients presenting with painful procedures in the Emergency Department (ED) have been shown to frequently have inadequate pain management. The incision and drainage (I\&D) of an abscess is a common p...
Detailed Description
Patients presenting with painful procedures in the Emergency Department (ED) have been shown to frequently have inadequate pain management. The incision and drainage of an abscess is a common procedur...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age \>18 and \< 65 years
- Presenting with a simple abscesses requiring incision and drainage
- Treating physician has to state that the patient's usual treatment would not include systemic opioids before incision and drainage.
Exclusion
- Patients are unable to consent to procedure the procedure
- Patients are less than age 18 or older than age 65
- Patients are unable to avoid driving for 2 hours after administration of the intramuscular medication (Fentanyl or placebo)
- Patients have hypersensitivity or allergy to Fentanyl
- Patients are pregnant
- Patients have taken a narcotic pain medication in the last 14 days
- Patients have a history of drug or alcohol addiction
- Patients have taken an monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor in the last 14 days (such as furazolidone (Furoxone), isocarboxazid (Marplan), phenelzine (Nardil), rasagiline (Azilect), selegiline (Eldepryl, Emsam, Zelapar), or tranylcypromine (Parnate)
- Patients have a breathing disorder such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Patients have a history of head injury or brain tumor
- Patients have a heart rhythm disorder
- Patients have seizures or epilepsy
- Patients have mental illness such as depression, hallucinations
- Patients have low blood pressure
- Patients have liver or kidney disease.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01881997
Start Date
June 1 2011
End Date
December 1 2011
Last Update
June 20 2013
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