NCT03509740

Intravenous Tramadol Versus Intravenous Paracetamol in Patients With Dysmenorrhea

Efficacy and Safety of Intravenous Tramadol Versus Intravenous Paracetamol for Relief of Acute Pain of Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Patients presented with primary dysmenorrhea composed the study population. One gram paracetamol and 100 mg tramadol in 100 ml saline with a slow infusion were compared in ceasing dysmenorrhea in the emergency department

Detailed description

Patients over 18 years old who presented with dysmenorrhea composed the study population. Patients received painkiller within the last six hours, physical findings consistent with peritoneal irritation, allergy to the study drugs, renal or liver failure, drug addiction, pregnancy or woman with lactation and denied to give inform consent were the exclusion criteria. The pain of the study patients is measured with the visual analogue scale at baseline, 15th and 30th minutes and 1 hour after study drug administration. At the end of the 60 minutes, rescue drug need is also recorded.

Conditions

• Dysmenorrhea

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	tramadol	100 mg tramadol in 100 ml saline with slow infusion
DRUG	paracetamol	Intravenous 1 gm paracetamol in 100 ml saline with slow infusion

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-04-25
• Primary completion: 2018-10-01
• Completion: 2018-10-20
• First posted: 2018-04-26
• Last updated: 2020-06-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt