Pain Management in Geriatric Hip Fracture

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Geriatric Hip Fracture Pain Management

Treatments: Drug: Panadol 500mg tablet, tramadol 50mg capsule; Drug: Paracetamol tablet and Tramadol capsule

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01630343

QEHHIPPAIN

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Null Hypothesis is that there is no association between Pain regime and the functional performance among geriatric patients having traumatic hip fracture. Two limbs are being assessed:1. Three weeks of regular oral Panadol and Tramadol after hip fracture 2. Oral Panadol and tramadol taking in p.r.n. basis. Functional outcome including Numerical Rate Scale for pain assessment, Functional Independency Measure and Elderly Mobility Score are chosen.

Full description

200X2 patients are recruited during two periods within the study period where regular oral analgesics is given for the first 200 patients while the rest of patient will receive oral analgesics upon demand

Enrollment: 400 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Both sex of Age > 65
• Traumatic non-pathological fracture neck of femur or trochanteric or subtrochanteric fracture having operative intervention

Exclusion criteria

• Age < 65
• Pathological fracture
• Multiple lower limb fractures
• Old fracture

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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400 participants in 2 patient groups

Regular oral Panadol and Tramadol

Experimental group

Description:

Geriatric (age \>65) Patient having traumatic hip fracture will have three weeks of regular prescription of oral Panadol(500mg) and tramadol (50mg) three times a day. Operation will be done within 3 days usually followed by rehabilitation period.

Treatment:

Drug: Panadol 500mg tablet, tramadol 50mg capsule

Panadol and tramadol oral in prn basis

Experimental group

Description:

Control group is that patient having geriatric hip fracture will have oral analgesics ( Panadol 500mg Q4H and tramadol 50mg Q4H ) in prn basis.

Treatment:

Drug: Paracetamol tablet and Tramadol capsule