Oral Morphine Versus Ibuprofen

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Children 5-17 years of age who have sustained a non-operative distal forearm (radius and/or ulna) or clavicular fracture will be randomized to receive either ibuprofen or oral morphine as needed for pain relief for the first 24 hours following discharge from the emergency department. Pain will be assessed using the self-report Faces pain scale revised (FPS-R). We hypothesize that oral morphine will result in greater pain relief than ibuprofen.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Naveen Poonai
• Treatments: Ibuprofen; Morphine

Criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients with known hypersensitivity to either ibuprofen or morphine

• chronic users of NSAIDS or opioids

• fractures requiring operative management

• associated injuries requiring analgesia

• poor English fluency

• pregnancy

Inclusion Criteria:

• All patients aged 5 to 17 years with a non-operative forearm or distal radius fracture