Pretreatment Aceclofenac Effect on Pain and Analgesic Intake After Endodontic Treatment

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2017-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of this prospective, randomized, double-blind, clinical trial is to evaluate the effect of a preoperative, single, oral dose of aceclofenac (100 mg) on postendodontic pain at 6, 24 and 48 hours, postoperative pain at injection area at 6, 24 and 48 hours and analgesic intake after single-visit root canal treatment.

• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University
• Treatments: Aceclofenac; Analgesics; Diclofenac

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients in good health (American Society of Anesthesiologists Class I or Class II).

• Patients having symptomatic irreversible pulpitis in one of their mandibular molars

• Age is 18 years or older.

• Patients who can understand Heft- Parker Visual Analogue Scales.

• Patients able to sign informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients allergic to aceclofenac or Mepivacaine.

• Pregnant or nursing women.

• Patients having active pain in more than one molar in the same quadrant.

• Administration of analgesics within 12 h before the administration of the study drug.