Trauma Acute Pain Treatment With Methoxyflurane Vaporized (PENTHROX®): Efficacy and Safety Study (MEDITA)
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2019-02-22
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The prompt treatment of pain due to minor trauma is often an unmet need in both Emergency
Room Department and Ambulance Rescue. Most of the available drugs are intravenously
administered and such route of administration may account for delay in the pain relief onset.
Methoxyflurane is an halogenated anesthetic, self-administered by the patient at
sub-anesthetic dose through an easy to handle inhaler (Penthrox®). The efficacy and safety of
Penthrox® in the treatment of acute traumatic pain will be investigated in an out-of-hospital
and in hospital emergency medical care setting.