Overview

Nasal Naloxone for Narcotic Overdose

Status:
Unknown status

Trial end date:
2015-03-01

Target enrollment:
0

Participant gender:
All

Summary

The goal of this study is to determine if nasal naloxone is inferior to standard care for naloxone administration in a pre-hospital setting. Ambulance squads in Adams, Clermont, and Scioto counties in southern Ohio will be randomized to provide either standard care or nasal (IN) naloxone as the initial response to a suspected opioid overdose. Standard care includes administration of naloxone by intravenous (IV), intramuscular (IM) or intraosseus (IO) methods.

Phase:

Phase 4

Accepts Healthy Volunteers?

Details

Lead Sponsor:

Judith Feinberg

Treatments:

Naloxone
Narcotics

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Presence of hyperventilation or respiratory arrest OR

- EMS assessment that the person needs naloxone for possible opioid or unknown drug
overdose

Exclusion Criteria:

- EMS assessment that the participant is less than 12 years old