Restriction of Oxycodone in the Emergency Department (ROXY-ED): A Randomized Controlled Trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pain; Emergency medicine presentations with pain as a presenting complaint; Emergency medicine - Other emergency care

• Registration Number: ACTRN12622001183774
• Lead Sponsor: The Alfred Hospital

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2022-07-03
• Study Start: 2022-09-05
• Last Update Posted: 12 September 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3872

Inclusion Criteria

All patients requiring analgesia in the Emergency Department
o Requirement’ will be defined retrospectively by prescription of Paracetamol, Ibuprofen, Tramadol, Tapentadol, Morphine, Fentanyl or Oxycodone in the ED

Exclusion Criteria

Prehospital opioid administration
Oxycodone considered essential for patient.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion of patients prescribed Oxycodone among those who required analgesia”.<br>Patients who required analgesia will be identified through a review of medication dispensing logs and include all patients who were prescribed Paracetamol, Ibuprofen, Tramadol, Tapentadol, Morphine, Fentanyl or Oxycodone in the ED.[End of emergency care, i.e., discharge from the Emergency Department or admission to the ward]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain scores on arrival and after analgesia.<br>These will be collected using an 11-point Likert scale (0-10).[On arrival: Pain scores will be documented at triage<br>After analgesia: pain scores will be documented 30 minutes after delivery of analgesia];Frequency of other analgesics other than Oxycodone.<br>This data will be retrospectively extracted from medical dispensing logs.[Discharge from the Emergency Department]