Trial | NCT00188071  Report issue

Title

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

  • Phase

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Interventional

  • Status

    Completed No Results Posted

  • Study Participants

    240
To compare postoperative analgesia by paracetamol 1gr or ketoprofen 100 mg or the combination of these two analgesics
each treatment beeing allocated by randomization
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.
Study Started
Sep 30
2002
Study Completion
Aug 31
2003
Last Update
Nov 01
2017

Drug paracetamol

Drug ketoprofen

Drug ketoprofen + paracetamol

Criteria 

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

under 18 year old
No Results Posted