IV Acetaminophen vs IV Morphine for Pain Control in Pregnant Women
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Official title
A Randomized, Controlled Trial of IV Acetaminophen Versus IV Morphine to Manage Pain in Pregnancy: Can Opioid Use be Reduced in Pregnant Women?
Brief summary
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Purpose: To determine if IV acetaminophen can 1) decrease pain in pregnancy women, 2)reduce the amount of opioid use in pregnant women who encounter pain, 3) reduce maternal and fetal adverse effects compared to opioids. Design: This is a comparative effective trial that is a randomized, controlled trial of IV acetaminophen vs. IV morphine in pregnant women. Procedures: Women meeting inclusion/exclusion criteria will be randomized to IV acetaminophen or IV morphine. The IV acetaminophen group will get up to four standard doses of IV acetaminophen during their stay at the hospital. The second group will get up to six standard doses of morphine. Subjects will complete a pain scale after medication administration and will be asked about any side effects.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02267772
- Recruitment status
- Terminated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 163 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 60 Years
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Dec 31, 2013
- Primary completion
- Apr 26, 2019
- Completion
- Apr 26, 2019
- Last update posted
- Jan 21, 2021
2014 – 2019
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyndon B Johnson Hospital | Houston | Texas | 77026 | — |
| Memorial Hermann Hospital, Texas Medical Center | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
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- Last update posted Jan 21, 2021 · Synced Sep 10, 2026
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