NCT02491879

Ketoprofen Gel vs Placebo in Low Back Pain

Ketoprofen Gel vs Placebo in Patients Presented With Low-back Pain to Emergency Department: A Ranodmized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Akdeniz University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aimed to analyse the analgesic effect of ketoprofen gel in patients presented with mechanical low-back pain to the emergency department.

Detailed description

Mechanical low-back pain which warrants immediate pain relief is not an infrequent symptom for emergency department physicians to deal with. Parenteral analgesic is the most common drugs for the these patients in emergency department. However, pain killers in gel forms have not been studied sufficiently for ceasing the pain of these patients. This study aimed to analyse the analgesic effect of ketoprofen gel in patients presented with mechanical low-back pain to the emergency department.

Conditions

• Mechanical Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Ketoprofen	2.5% Ketoprofen gel with a 2 g local use
OTHER	Placebo	Placebo gel with a 2 g local use

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-06-01
• Primary completion: 2016-01-01
• Completion: 2016-01-01
• First posted: 2015-07-08
• Last updated: 2015-12-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)