The optimal dose of ketorolac in the Emergency Department setting is no clear. We will compare 3 doses to determine the optimal dose.
Patients from 4 groups will be treated with 3 different doses of ketorolac. The groups are 1. headache 2. abdominal pain 3. musculo-skeletal pain 4. viral syndrome. The doses will be 0, 10, 30mgs of ketorolac to clarify the placebo effect and the optimal dosage as a function of condition.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
289
IV drug
University of Missouri Health Care
Columbia, Missouri, United States
Difference of Pain Intensity Before and 30 Minute After Study Drug Administration in Participants With Any Pain Type
The outcome measure is the average change in pain score. Change in pain score is calculated for each participant by subtracting the post-treatment pain score from the pretreatment pain score (i.e. pre-treatment pain score minus post-treatment pain score), then averaging them within each group. The pain score is collected using the visual analog scale, which is a 100mm line that participants make a mark on to indicate their pain intensity. The line is then measured from the left end of the line to where the mark was made. The minimum value is 0mm (left end of the line) being no pain and the maximum value is 100mm (right end of the line) being the worst pain possible.
Time frame: 30 minutes
Difference of Pain Intensity Before and 30 Minute After Study Drug Administration in Participants With Abdominal Pain
The outcome measure is the average change in pain score. Change in pain score is calculated for each participant by subtracting the post-treatment pain score from the pretreatment pain score (i.e. pre-treatment pain score minus post-treatment pain score), then averaging them within each group. The pain score is collected using the visual analog scale, which is a 100mm line that participants make a mark on to indicate their pain intensity. The line is then measured from the left end of the line to where the mark was made. The minimum value is 0mm (left end of the line) being no pain and the maximum value is 100mm (right end of the line) being the worst pain possible.
Time frame: 30 minutes
Difference of Pain Intensity Before and 30 Minute After Study Drug Administration in Participants With Headache
The outcome measure is the average change in pain score. Change in pain score is calculated for each participant by subtracting the post-treatment pain score from the pretreatment pain score (i.e. pre-treatment pain score minus post-treatment pain score), then averaging them within each group. The pain score is collected using the visual analog scale, which is a 100mm line that participants make a mark on to indicate their pain intensity. The line is then measured from the left end of the line to where the mark was made. The minimum value is 0mm (left end of the line) being no pain and the maximum value is 100mm (right end of the line) being the worst pain possible.
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Time frame: 30 minutes
Difference of Pain Intensity Before and 30 Minute After Study Drug Administration in Participants With Trauma/Musculoskeletal Pain
The outcome measure is the average change in pain score. Change in pain score is calculated for each participant by subtracting the post-treatment pain score from the pretreatment pain score (i.e. pre-treatment pain score minus post-treatment pain score), then averaging them within each group. The pain score is collected using the visual analog scale, which is a 100mm line that participants make a mark on to indicate their pain intensity. The line is then measured from the left end of the line to where the mark was made. The minimum value is 0mm (left end of the line) being no pain and the maximum value is 100mm (right end of the line) being the worst pain possible.
Time frame: 30 min
Difference of Pain Intensity Before and 30 Minute After Study Drug Administration in Participants With Viral Pain
The outcome measure is the average change in pain score. Change in pain score is calculated for each participant by subtracting the post-treatment pain score from the pretreatment pain score (i.e. pre-treatment pain score minus post-treatment pain score), then averaging them within each group. The pain score is collected using the visual analog scale, which is a 100mm line that participants make a mark on to indicate their pain intensity. The line is then measured from the left end of the line to where the mark was made. The minimum value is 0mm (left end of the line) being no pain and the maximum value is 100mm (right end of the line) being the worst pain possible.
Time frame: 30 min