Comparing Individualized vs. Weight Based Protocols to Treat VOE in SCD Occlusive Episodes in Sickle Cell Disease
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2022-09-30
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Summary
The purpose of this research study is to compare two different ways to give opioid pain
medicine to treat sickle cell disease pain that is bad enough to go to the emergency
department for treatment. One way uses your weight to decide how much pain medicine to give
you while in the emergency department. This is called weight based treatment. The other way
uses how much pain medicine you take at home and how much medicine you needed during past
emergency department visits to decide how much medicine to give you. This is called patient
specific treatment.