Women's Mammography Study To Improve Comfort During Mammography

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2013-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine in a randomized trial whether it is possible to decrease the discomfort of mammography by using the analgesic ibuprofen, or by using a scripted, supportive text informing patients about mammography.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Kenneth A. Kist,
• Treatments: Ibuprofen

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Must have signed the informed consent.

• Must either be getting her first mammogram or based on prior experience be expecting level 4 or 5 pain

Exclusion Criteria:

• May not have taken ibuprofen or other pain medication within the last 12 hours.

• Must not have a contraindication for taking ibuprofen e.g:

• No history of allergic reactions to ibuprofen or aspirin

• No recent history with the last year of bleeding from GI tract

• Not pregnant or suspected of being pregnant