Effects of Pretreatment With Ibuprofen in Post-Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Headache

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Mental Disorders

Treatments: Drug: Ibuprofen

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00258791

LVS-2005

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to determine whether ibuprofen reduces post-ECT headache or reduces its severity.

Full description

The aim of the study is to compare the severity of headache between patients who are receiving ibuprofen prior to ECT treatment with patients receiving placebo prior to ECT treatment.

Patients will be randomly assigned to receive either 600 mg ibuprofen 90 min prior to treatment or placebo orally, blinded to patient, physician and treatment team.

Patients will be asked about their headache with a visual analogue scale (VAS) 2 hours prior to and within 2 hours after treatment, 2-month, 6- month and 1 year follow-up [5].

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients receiving ECT

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy, contraindications to ibuprofen

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Double Blind