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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT05518877
Low Dose Ketamine Infusion for Analgesia in the Emergency Department to Reduce Side Effects
Low Dose Ketamine Infusion for Analgesia in the Emergency Department (ED) to Reduce Side Effects: A Double Blind, Double Dummy Randomized Controlled Trial
Study Overview
Detailed Description
Previous research has shown that low dose ketamine (LDK) Intravenous push (IVP) (0.3mg/kg) to have equivalent pain reduction in moderate to severe acute pain in the Emergency Department (ED) when compared to standard of care of morphine intravenous push (IVP) (0.1mg/kg). Ketamine has been shown to produce side effects in these studies, including dizziness, feeling of unreality and mood changes, but no unexpected side effects or adverse events. Additional studies have compared IVP with slower infusion of low dose ketamine (LDK) and have shown a decrease in side effects while maintaining similar analgesic efficacy. This previous trial found increased feelings of unreality for the IVP group (difference of 37.5%) as well as increased rates of sedation.
In clinical practice, increasing the time/duration of the infusion has resulted in a decrease of reported side effects from patients while still maintaining analgesia. There have been no studies done to prove that there is a further reduction in side effects with a longer LDK infusion. The investigators believe that increasing the infusion time to greater than 15 minutes will reduce the frequency and intensity of expected side effects of ketamine felt by participants and allow for further use of ketamine as a non-opiate analgesic in the ED.
Overall aims of project:
- Reduce overall side effects of low dose ketamine when given over 30 minutes versus 15 minutes.
- Maintain adequate pain control, as defined by a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score of ≤5 cm at 30 minutes for both groups.
Hypothesis: Slow infusion of low dose ketamine (LDK) over 30 minutes will provide adequate pain control (as defined by VAS score of ≤5 cm), and reduce incidence and severity (by at least 20% or 1 point on SERSDA scale) of known side effects when compared to LDK given over 15 minutes in moderate to severe acute pain for patients presenting to the ED.
Study Design
The location of this study will be the Akron City Hospital Emergency Department. The trial will enroll approximately 48 participants over a 24-month enrollment period.
This will be an intent to treat prospective, double blind, double-dummy, randomized trial. The primary outcome will be a comparison of side effects of sub dissociative dose ketamine given by slow IV infusion over 15 minutes vs 30 minutes in treatment of moderate to severe acute pain in ED patients. The secondary outcome will be adequate pain control (VAS ≤5 cm), and need for rescue analgesia between the two groups.
The control group will receive slow IV infusion of ketamine over 15 minutes. The experimental group will receive slow IV infusion of ketamine over 30 minutes.
If the potential participant meets all eligibility criteria, they will be consented by study staff members and then randomized to receive Ketamine 0.25mg/kg in 100cc normal saline (NS) as IV infusion over specified time as well as "placebo" 100cc NS over the other time slot.
Pharmacy staff will blind medication as well as provide medication in a blinded fashion to the nurse who will use infusion pumps to deliver both study medication and placebo simultaneously. Nursing staff will receive training on administration of medication prior to starting the study.
The investigators will measure the side effect profile using the Side Effects Rating Scale for Dissociative Anesthetics (SERSDA) along with the VAS (visual analog scale) scores from 0-100mm.
Vital signs (heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation) will also be obtained at 0, 5, 15, 30, 60, and 90 minutes from the start of the ketamine/NS placebo infusion.
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Phase
- Phase 4
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Vice President, Research, Sponsored Programs & Innovation
- Phone Number: 800-421-0925
- Email: research@summahealth.org
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Robin Roth
- Phone Number: 800-421-0925
- Email: rothr@summahealth.org
Study Locations
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Ohio
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Akron, Ohio, United States, 44304
- Recruiting
- Summa Health System
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Contact:
- Vice President Research Sponsored Programs and Innovation
- Phone Number: 330-375-4045
- Email: research@summahealth.org
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Contact:
- IRB Coordinator
- Phone Number: 330-375-3960
- Email: irb@summahealth.org
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Principal Investigator:
- Michael Pallaci, DO, FACEP
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion criteria:
- Patients aged 18 or older
- Primary complaint of acute moderate to severe pain on VAS/ numeric pain scale (a score of ≥5cm which corresponds to 50mm).
- Pain described as abdominal, flank, back, musculoskeletal, or traumatic chest pain
- Must be alert and oriented times three
- Able to provide consent
Exclusion criteria:
- Pregnant
- Breastfeeding
- Altered mental status
- Known or reported allergy, hypersensitivity or intolerance to ketamine
- Unstable vital signs (systolic blood pressure <80 or >180mmHg, heart rate <50 or >150 beats per minute, and respiratory rate <10 or >30 breaths per minute)
- History of unstable heart disease, such as arrhythmias, congestive heart failure, or coronary heart disease.
- History of untreated or uncontrolled thyroid disease
- Acute head or eye injury
- Active or current use of alcohol or drugs
- Known intracranial hypertension
- Hepatic or renal insufficiency
- Current active manic phase of bipolar disorder
- Active delusions, hallucinations, or schizophrenia
- Patients who have recent fentanyl use within 60 minutes or other analgesic use (opiates) within 4 hours of study enrollment (signing of consent)
- Patients who have enrolled in the study during a previous ED encounter
- Chronic use of opiates (i.e.: fentanyl patch, SR opiates)
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Quadruple
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Active Comparator: Ketamine 15 Minutes
Participants receive 0.25mg/kg Ketamine dose intravenous for pain over 15 minutes.
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Administration of Ketamine
Other Names:
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Experimental: Ketamine 30 Minutes
Participants receive 0.25mg/kg Ketamine dose intravenous for pain over 30 minutes.
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Administration of Ketamine
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Side Effect Rating Scale for Dissociative Anesthetics (SERSDA) Score
Time Frame: 30 minutes
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Overall side effects as measured by the Side Effect Rating Scale for Dissociative Anesthetics (SERSDA).
SERDSA measures severity of nine adverse effects based on a 5-point scale from "0" (no adverse effect) to "4" (very bothersome effect).
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30 minutes
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Visual Analog Scale (VAS) Score
Time Frame: 30 minutes
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Severity of Self-Reported Pain on the standard 100mm VAS scale.
Visual Analogue Scale scoring is done by asking the subject to mark the spot on the VAS Pain Assessment Tool (0-10cm) to indicate their perception of pain.
Following this, the investigator scores the intensity of pain according to the 0-100mm corresponding scale (one instrument i.e., 5cm= 50mm)
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30 minutes
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Michael Pallaci, DO, FACEP, Summa Health System
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Motov S, Rockoff B, Cohen V, Pushkar I, Likourezos A, McKay C, Soleyman-Zomalan E, Homel P, Terentiev V, Fromm C. Intravenous Subdissociative-Dose Ketamine Versus Morphine for Analgesia in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Emerg Med. 2015 Sep;66(3):222-229.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.03.004. Epub 2015 Mar 26.
- Motov S, Mai M, Pushkar I, Likourezos A, Drapkin J, Yasavolian M, Brady J, Homel P, Fromm C. A prospective randomized, double-dummy trial comparing IV push low dose ketamine to short infusion of low dose ketamine for treatment of pain in the ED. Am J Emerg Med. 2017 Aug;35(8):1095-1100. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.03.004. Epub 2017 Mar 3.
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Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Estimated)
Study Completion (Estimated)
Study Registration Dates
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Study Record Updates
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Mental Disorders
- Pathologic Processes
- Pain
- Neurologic Manifestations
- Disease Attributes
- Emergencies
- Acute Pain
- Dissociative Disorders
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Neurotransmitter Agents
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Central Nervous System Depressants
- Peripheral Nervous System Agents
- Analgesics
- Sensory System Agents
- Anesthetics, Dissociative
- Anesthetics, Intravenous
- Anesthetics, General
- Anesthetics
- Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists
- Excitatory Amino Acid Agents
- Ketamine
Other Study ID Numbers
- 22194
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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