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Preemptive Ibuprofen Effects on Pain Perception Following Extraction and Bone Graft

Phase 4
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Pain, Post Operative
Quality of Life
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT05919745
Lead Sponsor
Marquette University
Brief Summary

The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to compare patient-reported pain and oral health-related quality of life during the first postoperative week following extraction and bone graft surgery in patients who received preemptive ibuprofen versus placebo. Participants will receive ibuprofen 600mg or placebo by mouth with water 1 hour prior to extraction and bone graft surgery.

The primary question it aims to answer is:

• Does preemptive ibuprofen have an effect on postoperative pain 1 hour following extraction and bone graft surgery compared to placebo?

Secondary questions are:

* Does preemptive ibuprofen have an effect on pain during the first 3 postoperative hours and 7 postoperative days following extraction and bone graft surgery compared to placebo?

* Does preemptive ibuprofen have an effect on oral health-related quality of life during the 7 postoperative days following extraction and bone graft surgery compared to placebo?

Detailed Description

The null hypothesis of this randomized clinical trial is that there is no difference in patient-reported pain and oral health-related quality of life during the first postoperative week following extraction and bone graft surgery between patients who received 600mg of preemptive ibuprofen versus placebo.

Participants will receive ibuprofen 600mg (test group) or placebo (control group) per os 1 hour prior to extraction and bone graft surgery. Researchers and patients will be blinded to the group assignment. Both groups will be given rescue medication in the form of 1,000 mg tabs of acetaminophen every 6 hours as needed for pain (maximum allowed daily dose 4,000 mg per FDA) and will be allowed to receive ibuprofen or other analgesic medication as needed if pain is not controlled by acetaminophen alone. The subjects will receive the rescue medication pills at the end of the surgical appointment.

Patient-reported pain will be collected by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) before surgery, every hour for the first 3 postoperative hours and on postoperative days 1-7. VAS for patient-reported swelling will also be recorded at the same time points. Number of rescue medications will be recorded at the same postoperative time points. Oral health-related quality of life as expressed by Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) questionnaire will be reported before surgery and on postoperative days 2, 5 and 7. Questionnaires on dental anxiety (Modified Dental Anxiety Scale), oral health literacy (Rapid estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry 30 Short Form), fear of pain (Fear of pain questionnaire-9) and pain catastrophizing (Pain catastrophizing scale) will be collected prior to surgery and will be evaluated as pain modifiers. Anticipated pain will be reported prior to surgery and questions on comparison between actual and anticipated pain and willingness to undergo a similar procedure again will be asked on days 1 and 7. Surgical and demographic data as well as medical history will be collected on the day of surgery. Clinical wound healing observations will be recorded on day 7.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
50
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Ibuprofen group or Test GroupIbuprofen 600 mgSubjects will be given ibuprofen 600mg tab 1h prior to surgery.
Ibuprofen group or Test GroupAcetaminophenSubjects will be given ibuprofen 600mg tab 1h prior to surgery.
Placebo group or Control groupPlaceboSubjects will be given a placebo tab 1h prior to surgery.
Placebo group or Control groupAcetaminophenSubjects will be given a placebo tab 1h prior to surgery.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Difference in patient-reported postoperative pain between test and control group1 hour following extraction and bone graft surgery

Visual Analogue Scale will be used to measure patient-reported pain. Its score range from 0-100 and the higher the score, the worse the reported pain is. Specifically, zero represents no pain and 100 represents the worst pain imaginable.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Difference in Oral Health Impact Profile-14 between test and control groupPostoperative days 2, 5 and 7 following extraction and bone graft surgery

Oral Health Impact Profile-14 is a validated widely used questionnaire that reliably measures oral health-related quality of life by recording patient perception of the impact of oral conditions on their well-being. Specifically, it consists of seven domains: functional limitation, physical pain, psychological discomfort, physical disability, psychological disability, social disability, and handicap. Its scores range from 0-56 and the higher the total score, the more impacted, i.e., worse, the quality of life is.

Difference in patient-reported postoperative pain between test and control groupPostoperative hours 2 and 3, and postoperative days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 following extraction and bone graft surgery.

Visual Analogue Scale will be used to measure patient-reported pain. Its score range from 0-100 and the higher the score, the worse the reported pain is. Specifically, zero represents no pain and 100 represents the worst pain imaginable.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Marquette University School of Dentistry Graduate Periodontics Clinic

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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