TerminatedPhase 3

Randomized Double Blind Controlled Trial Comparing a Blind Sciatic Nerve Block in the Popliteal Fossa to Intravenous Morphine for Traumatic Severe Acute Pain in the Prehospital Setting

Stopped: not enough inclusions

France26 participantsStarted 2012-01

Plain-language summary

The purpose of the study is to determine the efficacity of a simple blind technic of loco regional anaesthesia of the sciatic nerve compared to the gold standard in emergency medecine : the intravenous morphine for treated the severe pain of leg, ankle or foot trauma in the prehospital setting and mountain rescue.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Severe pain (VAS \> or = 60mm); injuries of the leg, ankle or foot Exclusion Criteria: * Hypersensitivity to student agents * Local infection * Nerve or vascular pathology in the affected limb, coagulation pathology, * Chronic use of opoids, use of opoids within 6 hours * Drug addiction * Pregnancy * Systolic blood pressure less than 90 mmHg * Respiratory rate less than 16 per minute * Glasgow coma scale \< 14.

What they're measuring

Visual analog scale pain score

Timeframe: 30 minutes

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01522534

SponsorCentre Hospitalier Annecy Genevois

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2013-12

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