Status:
UNKNOWN
Traumeel for Post-Tonsillectomy Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Conditions:
Post-Tonsillectomy
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
Tonsillectomy is one the most common procedures in ear, nose and throat (ENT) medicine. Following surgery patients suffer from severe pain and difficulty on swallowing, while analgesic treatment has l...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 18 years and older
- Recurrent tonsillitis or obstructive tonsillar hypertrophy requiring tonsillectomy.
Exclusion
- Elective or emergency tonsillectomy for a reason other than those listed above.
- History of peritonsillar abscess, or need for additional ENT procedures (adenoidectomy, uvulectomy)
- Pregnancy, breastfeeding
- Asthma, Epilepsy
- Concurrent illness with impairment of wound-healing (diabetes, vascular disease)
- allergy or contraindication to use of protocol medication (dipyrone)
- inability to comply with the protocol conditions.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
20 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00410332
Start Date
March 1 2011
Last Update
February 22 2012
Active Locations (1)
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Dept. of Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Jerusalem, Israel, 91031