NCT00529594

Analgesic Effect of Etoricoxib (ARCOXIA®) 120MG During Retinal Laser Photocoagulation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 44 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study wants to show if the medication etoricoxib 120 mg have reduces the patients pain during the laser photocoagulation, for diabetic retinopathy.

Detailed description

To do so we compare two group of patients, randomized 1:1, one use the medication(etoricoxib) and other use placebo and they quantify the pain using the Pain visual analogue scale

Conditions

• Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	placebo (Control Group)	Both medication have been given to the patients in both groups 1 hour prior the laser photocoagulation
DRUG	Etoricoxib (Treatment Group)	Both medication have been given to the patients in both groups 1 hour prior the laser photocoagulation

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-08-01
• Completion: 2006-11-01
• First posted: 2007-09-14
• Last updated: 2007-09-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil