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NCT Number: NCT00188071

Postoperative Pain After Medical Abortion Under Local Anesthesia : Comparison of Several Analgesic Regimen

* To compare postoperative analgesia by paracetamol 1gr or ketoprofen 100 mg or the combination of these two analgesics * each treatment beeing allocated by randomization

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Key information

Conditions

Abortion, Induced Agnosia Nervous System Diseases Neurobehavioral Manifestations Neurologic Manifestations Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Perceptual Disorders Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Dept of Anesthesia - CHU

Angers, 49933, France

About this study

  • 240 pregnant women who undewent a medical abortion by aspiration, under local anesthesia, (day case surgery) were enrolled after informed consent and signed approval
  • according to randomization, they received one hour before medical abortion procedure performed under local anesthesia of the cervix, one of these three diffrente analgesics :
  • paracetamol 1 gr
  • ketoprofen 100 mg
  • the association of both Postprocedure pain was recorded, by nurse, using a visual analog scale (VAS), 7 times before and after the procedure, until the discharge of the patient.
  • if VAS was above 40 on two consecutive measurements a morphine injection was given.
  • the number and total amount of morphine was recorded.
  • satisfaction was recorded within the 3 postoperative day by a telephone inquiry.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • pregnant women
  • medical abortion performed in day case surgery under local anesthesia
  • informed written consent

Exclusion criteria

  • under 18 year old

Treatment and study plan

Paracetamol

Drug

Ketoprofen

Drug

ketoprofen + paracetamol

Drug

Primary outcomes

  1. postoperative pain rating

Secondary outcomes

  1. morphine consumption

  2. patient satisfaction

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Angers

Other Gov

Registry information

Official study title

Postoperative Pain After Medical Abortion Under Local Anesthesia : a Prospective and Randomized Trial Comparing Several Analgesic Regimen

Important dates

Study start
2002
Study completion
2003
First posted
Sep 16, 2005
Registry last updated
Nov 1, 2017

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