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NCT Number: NCT04885686

Endodontic Post-operative Pain Evaluation of Patients After Using Endomethasone N or Endomethasone SP (EndoPOP)

The study is a post-marketing performance and safety study, designed as a comparative, prospective, multicenter, simple-blind, randomized clinical trial. 300 subjects requiring a primary or a secondary root canal treatment will be enrolled in 2 groups (150 in each group). The aim of the study is to demonstrate the superiority of the hydrocortisone-containing root canal sealer Endomethasone N RCS, compared to the hydrocortisone-free root canal sealer Endomethasone SP RCS, with regard to reduction of the maximum post-operative spontaneous pain during the 7 days following the root canal treatment.

Root canal treatment procedures will be in accordance with the allocation by randomisation of Endomethasone N RCS or Endomethasone SP RCS. The spontaneous and the Masticatory pain will be record at predefined times, a phone call will be done at 48h and a visit will be realized at day 7 (max Day 14).

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Cabinet dentaire, Agon-Coutainville, France

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Adult male or female (age ≥ 18 years);
  • Patient requiring root canal treatment or retreatment;
  • Patient who will need a single visit for the root canal therapy, for a mature molar or second premolar, with or without pre-operative pain
  • Patient who received information and gave written consent (signed informed consent form);
  • Subject affiliated to a health insurance system, or is a beneficiary (art. L.1121-11, Code of Public Health, France).

Exclusion criteria

  • Pulpotomy or pulpectomy performed at a prior visit;
  • Tooth with apical calcification (sealer unable to reach the root apex);
  • Tooth with suspected root perforation;
  • Immature tooth (too wide root apex requiring an apexification);
  • Other dental treatment ongoing or scheduled within the study period;
  • At least one symptomatic tooth among those that are not included in this study
  • Known hypersensitivity to steroids, local anesthetics, or any component of study medical devices;
  • Subject using long term anti-inflammatory drugs;
  • Use of illicit substances during the 48h before the first visit (cannabis, cocaine…);
  • Presence of any significant medical finding or significant history such as uncontrolled systemic diseases that may impact the safety, the interpretation of the results and/or the participation of the subject in the study according to the opinion of the investigator;
  • Subject who cannot be contacted in case of emergency (phone number);
  • Simultaneous participation in another clinical trial or subject still within the exclusion period of a previous clinical trial;
  • Vulnerable subjects (art. L.1121-5 and L.1122-1-2, Code of Public Health, France; art. 66 of the Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices)

Treatment and study plan

Endomethasone N RCS

Device

Root canal sealer

Endomethasone SP RCS

Device

Root canal sealer

Primary outcomes

  1. Maximum post-operative pain using a visual analogue scale (VAS : 0-100)

    Time frame: from the end of the root canal treatment (Day 0) to Day 7

    The pain is assessed by patients in a diary using a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS: 0-100 mm; 0 no pain - 100 maximum pain) at different times after endodontic treatment (at the end of the root canal obturation, 3h, 6h 12h, 24h, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4 Day 5, Day 5, Day 7). The maximum pain felt will be compared between the 2 groups.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Spontaneous pain intensity

    Time frame: from the end of the root canal treatment (Day 0) to Day 7

    The spontaneous pain intensity measured using a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS: 0-100mm; 0 no pain - 100 maximum pain)

  2. Occurrence of spontaneous pain flare-ups

    Time frame: From Day 3 to Day7

    The occurrence of spontaneous pain flare-ups is an increase of 20 mm in the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS: 0-100mm; 0 no pain-100 maximum pain) between 2 consecutive measurements after the firsts 3 days.

  3. Masticatory pain intensity

    Time frame: from the end of the root canal treatment (Day 0) to Day 7

    The masticatory pain intensity measured using a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS: 0-100mm; 0 no pain -100 maximum pain) assessed twice a day from Day 0 to Day3 (lunch and dinner), and once a day from Day 4 to Day7 (dinner).

  4. Maximum Masticatory pain intensity using a visual analogue scale (VAS : 0-100mm)

    Time frame: from the end of the root canal treatment (Day 0) to Day 7

    The maximum masticatory pain intensity measured Visual Analogue Scale (VAS: 0-100mm; 0 no pain- 100 maximum pain)

  5. Use of oral pain treatment

    Time frame: from the end of the root canal treatment (Day 0) to Day 7

    Patients reported the consumption of analgesic treatment in a diary. The proportion of patients who took oral pain medication and the treatment categories will be compared between the 2 groups.

  6. Quality of life with the OHIP-17 questionnaire (score 0-68)

    Time frame: baseline and from 48 to 72 hours

    The answers and the total score from the OHIP 17-items questionnaire (measured at baseline and 48 h) will be compared between 2 groups. Score between 0 and 68, 0 means no dental issuel, 68 all the issues very often.

  7. Adverse events

    Time frame: from the inclusion (Day 0) to Day 7

    Adverse events reported by patients on a diary from Day 0 to Day 7 and adverse events clinically observed by the dental surgeon at each follow-up visit will be used to assess the safety of root canal sealers and endodontic procedures

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Septodont

Industry

Collaborators

  • Slb Pharma

Registry information

Official study title

Endodontic Post-operative Pain Evaluation of Patients After Using Endomethasone N or Endomethasone SP Root Canal Sealer: a Prospective, Comparative Randomized Clinical Trial

Acronym: EndoPOP

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2022
First posted
May 13, 2021
Registry last updated
May 6, 2026

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