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Prehospital Analgesia in Adults Using Inhaled Methoxyflurane Study
Sponsor: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Summary
This study is about a new pain relief medication called methoxyflurane. Pain from injuries, like broken bones, is a big reason people call ambulances. It's important to treat pain well because it can make people sick and slow down healing. But often, pain isn't treated enough, which can lead to more problems. Paramedics use different drugs to manage pain, but some are hard to give and need special training and equipment. Methoxyflurane is a new option. It's a gas you breathe in through a special inhaler. It's been used in Australia and New Zealand for a long time and has shown to work quickly and safely for different kinds of pain. This study wants to see if methoxyflurane works well for people with moderate to severe pain from injuries compared to other medicines like Advil, Tylenol and opioids. It's testing if methoxyflurane can give fast pain relief and if paramedics find it easy to use. The study will help understand if methoxyflurane could be a good option for treating pain in ambulances.
Official title: Prehospital Analgesia in Adults Using Inhaled (PAIN) Methoxyflurane Study
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
1800
Start Date
2024-08-01
Completion Date
2025-12-31
Last Updated
2024-07-19
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Methoxyflurane
Patients ≥ 18 years of age (using a waiver of consent process) Pain score ≥ 4 on the verbal numeric pain rating scale (NPRS) traumatic injury (defined as: physical injuries of sudden onset and severity which requires immediate medical attention) Unaltered (Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) ≥ 14) Normotensive (systolic blood pressure ≥100) Treated and transported
Standard Care
Patients ≥ 18 years of age (using a waiver of consent process) Pain score ≥ 4 on the verbal numeric pain rating scale (NPRS) traumatic injury (defined as: physical injuries of sudden onset and severity which requires immediate medical attention) Unaltered (Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) ≥ 14) Normotensive (systolic blood pressure ≥100) Treated and transported