Pain Relief of Metoprolol Versus Metoprolol Plus Morphine in Acute Chest Pain

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The primary aim was to evaluate the relief of chest pain during the first 30 minutes among patients who received metoprolol alone as compared with metoprolol plus morphine

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden
• Collaborator: AstraZeneca
• Treatments: Metoprolol; Morphine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Acute chest pain

• ECG-signs indicating myocardial ischemia

Exclusion Criteria:

• Heart rate < 60 beats/min

• Systolic blood pressure < 110 mmHg

• High degree AV-block

• Signs of obstructive pulmonary disease

• Signs of pulmonary oedema

• Unwillingness

• Participation in other studies

• Long delay between arrival of ambulance and randomisation