ClinicalTrials.Veeva

Menu

Comparing Intravenous and Oral Paracetamol for Cholecystectomy

M

Melbourne Health

Status and phase

Completed
Phase 4

Conditions

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Treatments

Drug: Paracetamol (acetaminophen)

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00292214
2005.138

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine the amount of paracetamol in the blood when given in either intravenous or oral forms prior to cholecystectomy. The clinical effectiveness of each form will also be evaluated with pain scores and the use of other pain relief drugs.

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 75 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Males and females aged 18-75
  • Scheduled to have elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anaesthesia

Exclusion criteria

  • Inadequate English comprehension (difficult to obtain informed consent and cooperation), and when interpreters are not available.
  • History of allergy or sensitivity to paracetamol
  • Administration of oral paracetamol within previous 8 hours
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) grade IV or V, indicating serious cardio-respiratory co-morbidity
  • Not suitable for protocol anaesthetic technique (eg: history of nausea and vomiting with morphine)

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

Trial contacts and locations

1

Loading...

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

Clinical trials

Find clinical trialsTrials by location
© Copyright 2024 Veeva Systems