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. 2016 Sep 22;2016(9):CD012232. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012232.pub2
Study ID Treatment Analgesia Rescue medication
PI or PR Number with 50% PR PGE: very good or excellent Median time to use (95% CI) (h) Number using
McQuay 2016 (1) Dkp/Tram 25/75 mg
(2) Dkp 25 mg
(3) Tram 100 mg
(4) Placebo
TOTPAR 6 (SD):
(1) 13 (5.4)
(2) 12 (5.2)
(3) 12 (5.2)
(4) 10 (5.2)
TOTPAR 6 h responders:
(1) 61% = 97/159
(2) 57% = 92/161
(3) 54% = 86/160
(4) 41% = 66/161
At 8 h:
 (1) 56/159
(2) 44/161
(3) 51/160
(4) 18/161
Not calculable
> 8 h
No data for single dose phase
Moore 2015 (1) Dkp/tram 12.5/37.5 mg
(2) Dkp/tram 12.5/75 mg
(3) Dkp/tram 25/37.5 mg
(4) Dkp/tram 25/75 mg
(5) Dkp 12.5 mg
(6) Dkp 25 mg
(7) Tram 37.5 mg
(8) Tram 75 mg
(9) Ibu 400 mg
(10) Placebo
TOTPAR 6 (SD):
(1) 10.2 (5.5)
(2) 13.3 (7.0)
(3) 12.6 (6.6)
(4) 14.5 (6.1)
(5) 7.9 (5.9)
(6) 11.8 (5.6)
(7) 4.0 (4.5)
(8) 5.4 (6.1)
(9) 10.5 (7.2)
(10) 2.9 (4.8)
TOTPAR 6 h responders:
(1) 22/60
(2) 37/62
(3) 35/63
(4) 44/61
(5) 16/60
(6) 33/60
(7) 6/59
(8) 15/59
(9) 27/60
(10) 6/62
At end of assessment period (24 h)
(1) 27% = 16/60
(2) 46% = 29/62
(3) 46% = 29/63
(4) 51% = 31/61
(5) 33% = 20/60
(6) 28% = 17/60
(7) 9% = 5/59
(8) 14% = 8/59
(9) 33% = 20/60
(10) 5% = 3/62
Median
(1) 4.9 (4.0 to 5.8)
(2) 8.5 (5.9 to 13)
(3) 7.3 (6.3 to 9.0)
(4) 8.1 (6.3 to 13)
(5) 3.6 (2.7 to 4.3)
(6) 5.6 (4.8 to 7.6)
(7) 2.2 (1.3 to 3.0)
(8) 2.5 (1.4 to 3.9)
(9) 7.1 (4.8 to 8.6)
(10) 1.4 (1.2 to 1.8)
At 6 h:
(1) 40/60
(2) 29/62
(3) 25/63
(4) 23/61
(5) 39/60
(6) 36/60
(7) 41/59
(8) 38/59
(9) 29/60
(10) 45/62
Moore 2016 (1) Dkp/tram 25/75 mg
(2) Dkp 25 mg
(3) Tram 100 mg
(4) Placebo
TOTPAR 6 (SD):
(1) 14 (4.6)
(2) 11 (5.2)
(3) 11 (5.5)
(4) 8.9 (5.1)
TOTPAR 6 h responders:
(1) 105/152
(2) 72/151
(3) 64/150
(4) 49/153
At 8 h:
(1) 42/152
(2) 28/151
(3) 22/150
(4) 14/153
Not calculable
> 8 h
No data for single dose phase
CI: confidence interval; Dkp: dexketoprofen; h: hour; Ibu: ibuprofen; PGE: Patient Global Evaluation; PI: pain intensity; PR: pain response; SD: standard deviation; TOTPAR: total pain relief (see 'Glossary'; Appendix 1); Tram: tramadol