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Last refreshed on: 27 June 2016
Main ID:  NCT02781415
Date of registration: 16/05/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of Monastir
Public title: Acupuncture Versus Titrated Morphine in Patients With Renal Colic AcuRC
Scientific title: Comparison of Acupuncture and Titrated (TM) Morphine in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Room (ER) With Acute Renal Colic (RC)
Date of first enrolment: July 2014
Target sample size: 200
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02781415
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Tunisia
Contacts
Name:     Nouira Semir, Professor
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Affiliation:  University Hospital of Monastir
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- age > 18 years old

- Presenting with acute non complicated renal colic

- Baseline VAS score >/= 70

Exclusion Criteria:

- complicated renal colic

- VAS score < 70

- Pain of traumatic origin

- Coagulation abnormalities

- Skin affections impairing the use of pre-specified insertion points

- Enable to use the VAS

- Patients who received analgesics less than 6 hours prior to enrollment

- Patients refusing or enable to give written informed consent

- Pregnant women



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Renal Colic
Intervention(s)
Drug: Morphine Titration
Procedure: Traditional Acupuncture Session
Primary Outcome(s)
Pain score Change [Time Frame: at baseline and 10, 20, 30, 45 and 60 minutes after the start of intervention]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Number of participants with treatment-related adverse events [Time Frame: during the 1 hour protocol and up to 2 hours after]
Secondary ID(s)
14/25
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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