NCT00580489

Lifeflight: Fentanyl Versus Morphine

Efficacy and Adverse Events of Morphine and Fentanyl in an Aeromedical Setting

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 204 (actual)
• Sponsor: MetroHealth Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 69 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study is exempt from informed consent by the MetroHealth Medical Center institutional review board (IRB), because two standards of care are used and there is no increased clinical risk to the patient due to the study. The researchers randomize either fentanyl or morphine to be given to trauma patients and record how their pain scale is treated along with observing for adverse events. They are looking to see if the hypothesized benefits of fentanyl (which is much more expensive than morphine) actually exist.

Detailed description

Periodic reports are made to the IRB.

Conditions

• Pain Relief
• Adverse Events

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	either fentanyl or morphine	either morphine 4mg IV or fentanyl 50mcg IV

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-08-01
• Primary completion: 2008-12-01
• Completion: 2008-12-01
• First posted: 2007-12-24
• Last updated: 2022-08-16
• Results posted: 2022-08-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States