Potential Role of Intravenous Lidocaine Versus Intravenous Ketamine for Pain Management in Fibromyalgia Patients

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2024-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of the study is to assess the efficacy of intravenous lidocaine versus intravenous ketamine in treatment of fibromyalgia patients.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Ain Shams University
• Treatments: Ketamine; Lidocaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with FM, diagnosed according to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2016 diagnostic criteria for FM. (Wolfe, F., Clauw, D. J., Fitzcharles, M. A., et al., 2016)

Exclusion Criteria:

• - Known hypersensitivity to any of the given drugs or one of their derivatives (lidocaine or ketamine).

• Known Arrhythmia (Supraventricular or ventricular).

• Pregnant females.