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Comparison of MEOPA + Paracetamol Versus Morphine Treatment in Acute Coronary Syndrome Analgesia.

Phase 4
Completed
Conditions
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT02198378
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Toulouse
Brief Summary

In the management of acute coronary syndromes with ST-segment elevation (STEMI), early analgesia reduces the effects of hyperadrenalism which increases the size of myocardial infarction. In order to reduce pain intensity, the recommendations advocate emergency use of morphine. In STEMI patients, other analgesic treatments could provide analgesia that is at least as effective as morphine. The equimolar oxygen/nitrous oxide mixture (MEOPA) is widely used in emergency medicine and has minor secondary effects that are very rapidly reversible when inhalation is discontinued. Used in association with paracetamol, it could be an at least equally effective alternative to the use of morphine.

Detailed Description

The investigators wish to compare the use of morphine according to current recommendations with the use of MEOPA associated with intravenous paracetamol in the management of patients with STEMI. The investigators hypothesize that the association of MEOPA and paracetamol, which is easy to use in a pre-hospital setting, will give patients pain relief as effectively as morphine.

This alternative treatment would avoid the use of morphine, whose potentially damaging consequences on myocardial function have been suggested by experimental studies and by an observational study. The physician of the mobile emergency team (SMUR) verifies the inclusion and non- inclusion criteria for the study. The patient must present STEMI defined in accordance with the recommendations and chest pain of intensity ≥ 4 on the NRS. The specific treatment for STEMI will be given before inclusion in the study, with the exception of analgesic treatment. In particular, inclusion in the study must not delay the initiation of strategies of recanalization and reperfusion.

The SMUR physician in charge of the patient will administer the treatment defined by randomization.

After 30 minutes, the patient will be managed in accordance with the recommendations and will be hospitalized, generally in a cardiology intensive care unit. At one month, the clinical research technician will record the patient's vital status and collect the patient's hospital records.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
680
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patient with STEMI < 12 h treated before hospital admission and pain ≥ 4 on the numerical rating scale.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Acute severe hemodynamic, respiratory or neurological failure
  • Heart failure: Killip class III and IV
  • Known allergy to morphine or nitrous oxide
  • Patient who has already received morphine or MEOPA before the arrival of the hospital team during the 4 hours preceding the pre-hospital intervention
  • Contraindications to nitrous oxide
  • Patient unable to assess pain intensity on the numerical rating scale
  • Patient under legal guardianship
  • Pregnancy
  • Patient transported by air ambulance

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
MEOPA and paracetamolMEOPA and paracetamolThe patient will be equipped with a facemask delivering MEOPA.The gas flow received by the patient is adapted to his/her ventilation. During the same time, an intravenous injection of 1 g paracetamol will be administered.
MorphineMorphineMorphine group: administration of morphine will start with a 0.05 mg/kg bolus followed by reinjection of 2 mg every 5 minutes until effective analgesia is obtained, defined as NRS ≤ 3.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Effective analgesia (NRS score≤ 3) at 30 minutes after the start of analgesia30 minutes after randomisation.

The primary outcome measure is effective analgesia, defined by the consensus conference as an NRS score ≤ 3 at 30 minutes after the start of analgesia.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Adverse eventall 5 minutes during 30 minutes

Occurrence of an adverse effect, in particular, respiratory depression (RR, respiratory rate \< 10 cycles par minute or respiratory score ≥ R1), nausea, vomiting, sedation (sedation scale (EDS) score ≥2), dizziness, pruritus.

NRS distribution30 minutes after randomization

Distribution of the NRS at 30 minutes and on arrival at the cardiology unit

Effective analgesiaall 5 minutes during 30 minutes

The time of effective analgesia will be defined for each subject

Trial Locations

Locations (40)

Centre Hospitalier Louis Pasteur

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Chartres, France

Centre Hospitalier Dijon

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Dijon, France

Centre Hospitalier Jean Minjoz

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Besançon, France

CHU Avicenne

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Bobigny, France

Centre Hospitalier Bourg-en-Bresse

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Bourg-en-Bresse, France

Centre Hospitalier Alpes Léman

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Contamine sur Arve, France

Centre Hospitalier du Val d'Ariège

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Foix, France

Centre Hospitalier Raymond Poincaré

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Garches, France

Centre Hospitalier Edouard Herriot

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Lyon, France

Centre Hospitalier Necker

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Paris, France

Centre Hospitalier Comminges Pyrénées

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Saint-Gaudens, France

Centre Hospitalier de Valence

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Valence, France

Centre Hospitalier Poulon la Seyne-sur-mer

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Toulon, France

CHRU Tours

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Tours, France

Centre Hospitalier d'Agen

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Agen, France

Centre Hospitalier Chateauroux

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Chateauroux, France

Hôpital Pellegrin

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Bordeaux, France

Centre Hospitalier de Chambéry

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Chambéry, France

CHR Bon Secours

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Metz, France

CHU d'Estaing

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Clermont-Ferrand, France

Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien

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Corbeil-Essonnes, France

Centre Hospitalier Beaujon

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Clichy, France

CHU Dupuytren

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Limoges, France

Centre Hospitalier Départemental La Roche/Yon

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La Roche-sur-Yon, France

Centre Hospitalier de Grenoble

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Grenoble, France

CHRU Lille

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Lille, France

Centre Hospitalier de la Timone

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Marseille, France

Centre Hospitalier Marc Jacquet

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Melun, France

CHU Nancy

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Nancy, France

Centre Hospitalier Pitié-Salpétrière

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Paris, France

CHU Nantes

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Nantes, France

Centre Hospitalier de Nice

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Nice, France

Centre Hospitalier Annecy-Gennevois

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Pringy, France

Centre Hospitalier Lucien Hussel

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Vienne, France

CHRU Montpellier

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Montpellier, France

Groupe hospitamier Lariboisière-Fernand Widal-St-Louis

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Paris, France

Centre Hospitalier René Dubos

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Pontoise, France

CHU Félix Guyon

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Saint-Denis, Réunion

CHU Toulouse

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Toulouse, France

CHU Poitiers

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Poitiers, France

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