NCT01429285

Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Hydromorphone in Elderly Emergency Department Patients With Acute Severe Pain

Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Hydromorphone Using Incremental Doses of 0.5 mg in Elderly ED Patients With Acute Severe Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 350 (actual)
• Sponsor: Montefiore Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 120 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The hydromorphone protocol is more effective than usual care in Emergency Department (ED) patients age 65 years and older in terms of proportion who choose to forgo additional pain medication within 60 minutes post-baseline in the two groups.

Conditions

• Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Hydromorphone	0.5 mg IV hydromorphone followed by an optional 0.5 mg IV dose
DRUG	Usual care	Attending administers any IV opioid in any dose he chooses

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-07-01
• Primary completion: 2012-06-01
• Completion: 2012-06-01
• First posted: 2011-09-07
• Last updated: 2018-05-18
• Results posted: 2018-04-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States