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. 2015 Jul 29;2015(7):CD007373. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007373.pub3

Ngo 2014.

Methods Location: San Diego, CA, USA
Recruitment time: July 2012 to May 2013
Sample size calculation and outcome of focus: not reported
Participants General with N: 67 women
Source: university medical center
Inclusion criteria: nulliparous and multiparous women ages 18 to 50, English‐ or Spanish‐speaking, presenting for IUD insertion for contraception or menorrhagia (in the case of Mirena IUD insertion)
Exclusion criteria: pregnancy, any diagnosed pain issues, if the patient has taken any pain medications within 6 h of enrollment (including aspirin or other NSAIDs), misoprostol within 24 h of enrollment, history of prior IUD insertion, known allergy to NSAIDs (including diagnosis of aspirin or NSAID‐induced asthma or urticaria), known contraindications to NSAIDs (including bile acid sequestrants, cyclosporine, drotrecogin, floctafenine, lithium, methotrexate, pentoxifylline, probenecid, rivaroxaban, SSRIs, warfarin), renal insufficiency, peptic ulcer disease or history of significant gastrointestinal bleeding, known thrombocytopenia, known coagulopathy, or known bleeding disorder, and known contraindications to IUD
Interventions 1) Ketorolac (Toradol) injection (30 mg, 1 cc volume)
2) Placebo 0.9% normal saline injection (1 cc volume)
Timing: 30 min prior to IUD insertion
Outcomes Primary: pain score with IUD insertion 5 min after insertion and 15 min after insertion (10 cm VAS)
Secondary: side effects and satisfaction (assessed, according to ClinicalTrials.gov listing, but not in abstract)
Notes IUC used: LNG‐IUS; unclear whether copper‐containing IUD also used
Information from conference abstract and ClinicalTrial.gov listing
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Double‐blinded
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not reported