Intravenous Subdissociative-dose Ketamine Versus Morphine for Prehospital Analgesia

Brief Summary

This is a prospective, randomized, single-blind trial evaluating prehospital patients experiencing moderate to severe acute pain, defined as a numeric rating scale score greater than or equal to 5. Patients will be randomized to receive ketamine at or morphine by intravenous push.

Intervention / Treatment

  • Drug: Ketamine
  • Drug: Morphine

Condition or Disease

  • Pain Management

Phase

Study Design

Study type: Interventional
Status: Recruiting
Study results: No Results Available
Age: 18 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Enrollment: 496 ()
Funded by: Other

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Clinical Trial Dates

Start date: Nov 23, 2017
Primary Completion: May 30, 2022
Completion Date: May 30, 2022
Study First Posted: Aug 02, 2017
Results First Posted: Aug 31, 2020
Last Updated: May 21, 2020

Sponsors / Collaborators

Lead Sponsor: N/A
Responsible Party: N/A

This study is designed to evaluate if ketamine alone is non inferior to morphine alone for prehospital analgesia. Numeric rating scale pain scores will be compared between recipients of ketamine and recipients of morphine at 15, 30, 45 and 60 min post first injection and at hospital admission.

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18

This clinical trial is recruiting

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More Details

NCT Number: NCT03236805
Acronym: KETAMORPH
Other IDs: RC17_0082
Study URL: https://ClinicalTrials.gov/show/NCT03236805
Last updated: Jun 17, 2022