Pain Control Differences Between Oxycodone and Ibuprofen in Children With Isolated Forearm Injuries

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2021-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Children presenting to the Emergency Room with the chief complaint of forearm injury and/or pain will be randomized to receive oral Oxycodone or Ibuprofen to control pain.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine
• Treatments: Ibuprofen; Oxycodone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. 6 to 17 year old children presenting for care in the St. Louis Children's Hospital Emergency Department

2. Suspected acute (within 24 hours) isolated forearm fracture at the time of initial Triage assessment

3. American Society of Anesthesiologist physical status (ASA-PS) classification of I or II

4. Child with parent or legal guardian.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Multiple injuries

2. Known adverse reaction to either ibuprofen or oxycodone pts with abnormal bones or metabolic conditions that affect bones

3. Administration of any opioid within 2 hours prior to presentation

4. Non-English speaking

5. Foster care, police custody, presenting without legal guardian