A randomised controlled trial of hot water (45.C) immersion versus ice packs for Chironex fleckeri stings

Completed

• Conditions: Chrironex fleckeri (major box jellyfish) stings/envenoming; Other -

• Registration Number: ACTRN12605000007639
• Lead Sponsor: Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2005-07-13
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 55

Inclusion Criteria

All patients presenting with a major box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) sting.

Exclusion Criteria

Severe envenoming requiring resuscitation or antivenom, a sting clinically consistent with Irukandji syndrome and not C. fleckeri, stings to the eye, an initial abnormal ECG, initial hypotension: Systolic BP <90mmHg

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
A reduction in pain defined on the visual analogue score (VAS) as much better or clinically significant according to a modification of Bird and Dickson.[At 30 minutes]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Cross-over to the alternate treatment.[At 30 minutes];Repeat treatment forrecurrent/ongoing pain.[60 minutes];Use of opiate analgesia.[at any time];LOS in ED[this outcome is a time outcome];Development of regional/radiating pain.[any time after the sting];Frequency of systemic features.[after the sting];Proportion with recurrent pain.[At 1hr, 24hr.];Proportion with papular urticaria.[At 7 to 10 days.]