NCT02943772

Does Local Cooling of Testis in Patients With Epididymitis Relieve Pain and Reduce Quantity of Analgetics Intake?

Effect of Local Cooling of Testis in Patient With Epididymitis on Analgetics Consumption and Pain Level

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Kaplan Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 99 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators propose to examine the effect of local cooling of testis in participants with acute epididymitis or orchiepididymitis on participants reported pain level and analgetics consumption.

Detailed description

Epididymitis or orchiepididymitis is an acute disease causing pain and discomfort. our hypothesis is that local cooling of the affected testis or epididymis may relieve the pain and reduce the analgetics consumption In order to examine this hypothesis we will recruit adult patients with epididymitis or orchiepididymitis and will randomize these patients to two arms. One arm will receive every 8 hours a brick cooled for at least 2 hours in -20(celsius) for local use on the affected hemiscrotum, while the second arm will receive a brick in room temperature. Pain level will be estimated one hour following the application of the brick using visual analogue pain score. Patient will receive analgetics according to a predefined escalating protocol. Pain level and analgetics consumption will be compared between the two arms.

Conditions

• Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Local hypothermia	Cooled brick
OTHER	Control	Control brick

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-09-01
• Primary completion: 2019-11-07
• Completion: 2020-11-01
• First posted: 2016-10-25
• Last updated: 2019-08-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel