An Analgesia Protocol for Acute Renal Colic in the Emergency Department

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Kidney Stone

• Registration Number: NCT00504283
• Lead Sponsor: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Brief Summary

An analgesia protocol for acute renal colic will lead to faster significant reductions in pain than prior practice.

Detailed Description

A retrospective study was performed that assessed the time to significant analgesia and medications used to achieve analgesia in the DHMC ED. Based upon this a prospective pain management protocol was designed and we will track the difference in time to significant pain relief between the two groups.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-02
• Study First Submitted: 2007-07-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2007-07-18
• Study First Posted: 2007-07-19
• Status Verified: 2007-10
• Study Completion: 2007-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2007-10-17
• Last Update Posted: 2007-10-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 45

Inclusion Criteria

• Kidney stone on stone protocol CT scan
• Acute pain from a kidney stone

Exclusion Criteria

• Age < 18 or > 65
• Pregnant women
• Contraindications to NSAID's or opiates

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time to significant pain relief	Within emergency department

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

DHMC; 🇺🇸 Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States