NCT01843660

An Efficacy and Safety Study of Tramadol Hydrochloride-Paracetamol in Treatment of Moderate to Severe Acute Neck-Shoulder Pain and Low Back Pain

The Clinical Efficacy and Safety Study of Tramadol Hydrochloride - Paracetamol Tablets in the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Acute Neck-shoulder Pain and Low Back Pain in Orthopaedics Outpatient or Emergency Setting

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,059 (actual)
• Sponsor: Xian-Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd. · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tramadol hydrochloride-paracetamol tablets in treatment of moderate (medium level of seriousness) to severe (very serious) acute neck, shoulder and low back pain in orthopedics (pertaining to the bones) outpatient or emergency setting.

Detailed description

This is an open-label (all people know the identity of the intervention), non-randomized, multi-center (when more than one hospital or medical school team work on a medical research study) and prospective (study following participants forward in time) study of tramadol hydrochloride-paracetamol tablets. Participants will receive 1 to 2 tablets of tramadol hydrochloride-paracetamol orally once daily (each tablet containing tramadol 37.5 milligram \[mg\] and paracetamol 325mg). Participants may be given the additional dose according to the clinical requirement. The total treatment duration will be 6 hours. The total study duration will be 4 months. Efficacy will be evaluated primarily by pain intensity and pain relief. Participants will evaluate the pain severity and pain relief at 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 hours respectively after the first dose; and the drug efficacy and overall satisfaction level at the end of 6 hours after the first dose. Participants' safety will be monitored throughout the study.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain
• Shoulder Pain
• Neck Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Tramadol HCl-Paracetamol	Participants will receive 1 to 2 tablets of tramadol HCl-paracetamol orally once daily (each tablet containing tramadol 37.5 milligram \[mg\] and paracetamol 325mg) for up to a total duration of 6 hours. Additional dose may be given based upon the clinical requirement.

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-09-01
• Primary completion: 2008-05-01
• Completion: 2008-05-01
• First posted: 2013-04-30
• Last updated: 2013-08-26
• Results posted: 2013-08-26