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Clinical trial related to the effect of different painkillers (etoricoxib and celecoxib). How do these medicaments reduce the pain after the removal of a lower wisdom tooth?

Phase 1
Conditions
postoperative pain
Therapeutic area: Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E] - Anesthesia and Analgesia [E03]
Registration Number
EUCTR2020-001638-37-HU
Lead Sponsor
Semmelweis Egyetem Fogorvostudományi Kar Arc- Állcsont- Szájsebészeti és Fogászati Klinika, Budapest
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Authorised-recruitment may be ongoing or finished
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
75
Inclusion Criteria

female and male patients aged between 18 and 30, without any current medical conditions or existing in the medical history.

class I and II, A and B positioned (Pell & Gregory) wisdom teeth will be removed (with the exception of Class II B- due to the more invasive surgery a longer healing period is suspected)
Are the trial subjects under 18? no
Number of subjects for this age range:
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 75
F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) no
F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range

Exclusion Criteria

Patients will be excluded if the following conditions exist:

- patients under medication (we would like to avoid the interactions)
- patients who have taken any type of a painkiller during the week prior to the surgery
- smokers (longer healing period is suspected)
- pregnancy
- patients in breast feeding period
- patients with allergy for the examined medicaments

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Secondary Objective: to evaluate the necessity of the preventive usage of selective COX-2 inhibitors prior to M3M surgery;Primary end point(s): The volume of the postoperative pain will be estimated by the patients on a Visual Analog Scale where 0 means no pain et all ad 10 equals the unbearable pain;Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: pain should be registered in the first 8 hours after the surgery and on the next day of the intervention in three different timepoints (09:00, 15:00 és 21:00);Main Objective: to compare the preventive painkiller efficacy of the examined substances (celecoxib and etoricoxib)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Secondary end point(s): the rate of the discomfort will be registered on a verbal rating scale (VRS-4);Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: the discomfort should be registered in the first 8 hours after the surgery and on the next day of the intervention in three different timepoints (09:00, 15:00 és 21:00)
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