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. 2019 Nov 19;2019(11):CD012187. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012187.pub2

IRCT2016072511956N6.

Trial name or title To relieve crisis pain in sickle cell anemia patients
Methods Allocation: randomized
Controlled: active comparator
Blinding: double‐blind
Arm: 2 parallel
Centre: single
Study duration: February 2017 (recruited, ongoing, data not published)
Participants Inclusion criteria: adults with sickle cell anemia; no prior history of cardiovascular or respiratory disease; no hypertension; not using other analgesic drugs
Exclusion criteria: known major side effects of trial medications; addiction, especially to morphine
Baseline characteristics
N: target sample size 84, recruitment complete
Gender: female and male
Ages: no age limit (if included, need separate adult data only)
Setting and location: Emam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Interventions Treatment group: 30 mg injection ketorolac
Control group: 4‐10 mg injection morphine at 4 to 5 ml injection water solution
Outcomes Primary outcomes
  • Pain relief (VAS) 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after injection


Secondary outcomes
  • Side effects

Starting date 19 February 2017
Contact information Somaye Sadat Hosseiny, Emam Reza Hospital, Emam Reza Square, Ebne Sina Avenue Mshhad Iran
Email: somaye_2004a@yahoo.com
Notes If study is included in future updates, need to separate adult data only