Pediatric Ketamine Study for Pain Management

Summary

Direct comparison of intranasal sub-dissociative dose ketamine with intranasal fentanyl for the treatment of moderate to severe pain in pediatric patients in the emergency department.

Timeline

Start

2015-05-01

Primary completion

2016-12-31

Completion

2017-10-14

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped: “Patients meeting inclusion criteria was low, and PI went to another institution.”

Publications

• Background Andolfatto G, Willman E, Joo D, Miller P, Wong WB, Koehn M, Dobson R, Angus E, Moadebi S. Intranasal ketamine for analgesia in the emergency department: a prospective observational series. Acad Emerg Med. 2013 Oct;20(10):1050-4. doi: 10.1111/acem.12229.
• Background Borland M, Jacobs I, King B, O'Brien D. A randomized controlled trial comparing intranasal fentanyl to intravenous morphine for managing acute pain in children in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med. 2007 Mar;49(3):335-40. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.06.016. Epub 2006 Oct 25.
• Background Borland ML, Clark LJ, Esson A. Comparative review of the clinical use of intranasal fentanyl versus morphine in a paediatric emergency department. Emerg Med Australas. 2008 Dec;20(6):515-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2008.01138.x.
• Background Borland M, Milsom S, Esson A. Equivalency of two concentrations of fentanyl administered by the intranasal route for acute analgesia in children in a paediatric emergency department: a randomized controlled trial. Emerg Med Australas. 2011 Apr;23(2):202-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01391.x. Epub 2011 Feb 8.
• Background Garra G, Singer AJ, Taira BR, Chohan J, Cardoz H, Chisena E, Thode HC Jr. Validation of the Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale in pediatric emergency department patients. Acad Emerg Med. 2010 Jan;17(1):50-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00620.x. Epub 2009 Dec 9.
• Background Goldman RD: Intranasal drug delivery for children with acute illness. Curr Drug Ther 2006, 1(1):127-130.
• Background Grassin-Delyle S, Buenestado A, Naline E, Faisy C, Blouquit-Laye S, Couderc LJ, Le Guen M, Fischler M, Devillier P. Intranasal drug delivery: an efficient and non-invasive route for systemic administration: focus on opioids. Pharmacol Ther. 2012 Jun;134(3):366-79. doi: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2012.03.003. Epub 2012 Mar 23.
• Background Graudins A, Meek R, Egerton-Warburton D, Seith R, Furness T, Chapman R. The PICHFORK (Pain InCHildren Fentanyl OR Ketamine) trial comparing the efficacy of intranasal ketamine and fentanyl in the relief of moderate to severe pain in children with limb injuries: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2013 Jul 10;14:208. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-208.
• Background Holdgate A, Cao A, Lo KM. The implementation of intranasal fentanyl for children in a mixed adult and pediatric emergency department reduces time to analgesic administration. Acad Emerg Med. 2010 Feb;17(2):214-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00636.x.
• Background Karlsen AP, Pedersen DM, Trautner S, Dahl JB, Hansen MS. Safety of intranasal fentanyl in the out-of-hospital setting: a prospective observational study. Ann Emerg Med. 2014 Jun;63(6):699-703. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.10.025. Epub 2013 Nov 22.
• Background Miner JR, Kletti C, Herold M, Hubbard D, Biros MH. Randomized clinical trial of nebulized fentanyl citrate versus i.v. fentanyl citrate in children presenting to the emergency department with acute pain. Acad Emerg Med. 2007 Oct;14(10):895-8. doi: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.06.036.
• Background National Institute of Clinical Studies: Emergency care acute pain management manual, National Health and Medical Research Council. Canberra, Australia: ACT; 2011.
• Background Page MG, Katz J, Stinson J, Isaac L, Martin-Pichora AL, Campbell F. Validation of the numerical rating scale for pain intensity and unpleasantness in pediatric acute postoperative pain: sensitivity to change over time. J Pain. 2012 Apr;13(4):359-69. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2011.12.010. Epub 2012 Mar 15.
• Background Rickard C, O'Meara P, McGrail M, Garner D, McLean A, Le Lievre P. A randomized controlled trial of intranasal fentanyl vs intravenous morphine for analgesia in the prehospital setting. Am J Emerg Med. 2007 Oct;25(8):911-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.02.027.
• Background Saunders M, Adelgais K, Nelson D. Use of intranasal fentanyl for the relief of pediatric orthopedic trauma pain. Acad Emerg Med. 2010 Nov;17(11):1155-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00905.x.
• Background Yeaman F, Meek R, Egerton-Warburton D, Rosengarten P, Graudins A. Sub-dissociative-dose intranasal ketamine for moderate to severe pain in adult emergency department patients. Emerg Med Australas. 2014 Jun;26(3):237-42. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12173. Epub 2014 Apr 8.
• Background Yeaman F, Oakley E, Meek R, Graudins A. Sub-dissociative dose intranasal ketamine for limb injury pain in children in the emergency department: a pilot study. Emerg Med Australas. 2013 Apr;25(2):161-7. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12059. Epub 2013 Mar 20.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.