Intravenous Lidocaine Randomized Comparative Effectiveness Trial

Summary

This is a randomized, double-blind, emergency department based, comparative effectiveness study of two medication for acute abdominal pain: intravenous lidocaine and intravenous hydromorphone. Patients will be enrolled during an emergency department visit and followed throughout their emergency department course and then by telephone 7 days later.

Timeline

Start

2018-01-10

Primary completion

2018-08-16

Completion

2018-08-28

Publications

• Chinn E, Friedman BW, Naeem F, Irizarry E, Afrifa F, Zias E, Jones MP, Pearlman S, Chertoff A, Wollowitz A, Gallagher EJ. Randomized Trial of Intravenous Lidocaine Versus Hydromorphone for Acute Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med. 2019 Aug;74(2):233-240. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.01.021. Epub 2019 Feb 26.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.