Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Treatment of Renal Colic

Adiyaman University Research Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Renal Colic

Treatments: Device: placebo group; Device: TENS

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03237208

08.06.2017/02

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the present trial was to investigate the analgesic efficacy and safety of Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation treatment in patients with renal colic within the emergency department.

Full description

Renal colic, an intensely painful condition, is a common presenting complaint to the emergency department. Parenteral opioids, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and acetaminophen are commonly used to provide relief from renal colic. The aim of the present trial was to investigate the analgesic efficacy and safety of Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation treatment in patients with renal colic within the emergency department.

Study Design and Setting: A prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, single-center, clinical trial will be conducted in emergency department of a tertiary care university hospital.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Adult patients with renal colic admitted to emergency department.
2. Adult patients who were definitively diagnosed with acute renal colic due to urinary system stones using unenhanced computed abdominopelvic tomography

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients below 18 years of age
2. Patients with haemodynamic instability, with fever (temperature=38°C [100.4°F]), with evidence of peritoneal inflammation,
3. Patients using any analgesic within the previous 48 hours of emergency department presentation
4. Patients who declined to participate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

TENS

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients receiving the real transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) with 100 hertz, pulse width 200 microseconds, voltage 2 milliampere

Treatment:

Device: TENS

placebo group

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Patients receiving the application of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, but transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation will not be activated.

Treatment:

Device: placebo group