Analgesic Effect of Intranasal Calcitonin on Patients With Fractured Ribs
Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
2008-01-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This study, which will be conducted at the emergency room of the Sacré-Cœur hospital,
requires the recruitment of 60 subjects and involves some telephone follow-up.
Calcitonin administered as an intranasal spray is already used to relieve pain caused by
broken vertebrae and we seek to determine if it can be as efficient in the case of pain
caused by broken ribs.This study aims at testing the hypothesis that subjects suffering from
the accidental fracture of one or more ribs will get relief through the intranasal spraying
of calcitonin and/or will use less opiate medication for pain relief (a combination of
oxycodone chlorhydrate and acetaminophen called Percocet®).