Status:
COMPLETED
Comparison of Efficacy Dimenhydrinate and Metoclopramide in the Treatment of Nausea Due to Vertigo
Lead Sponsor:
Pamukkale University
Conditions:
Nausea
Vomiting
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
* Vertigo complaint is one of the common cause of patients who applied to emergency services. * Patients who have applied to emergency services with vertigo complaint mostly have nausea as an addition...
Detailed Description
* Vertigo describes the illusion of being subject to an involuntary movement, usually rotational, of the patient or the patient's surroundings which is caused by sudden tonic neural activity. * The ma...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- between 18 to 65 years old patients,
- had vertigo and accompanied nausea or vomiting \[VAS (visual analog scale) score \>5\] during their emergency department episode of care for which the attending physician recommended intravenous antiemetic medication.
Exclusion
- abnormal vital signs,
- women who were pregnant or lactation,
- those with a history of epilepsy,
- acute psychiatric symptoms,
- organic brain disease,
- parkinson's disease or phaeochromocytoma,
- or any known allergy to the study drugs,
- uncooperative individuals,
- use of any antiemetic drug in the previous 8 hours or previous delivery of intravenous fluids during the emergency department episode of care,
- currently undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy,
- mechanical obstruction or perforation,
- gastrointestinal bleeding,
- inability to understand study explanation or outcome measures (any reason),
- known allergy or previous adverse reaction to metoclopramide or dimenhydrinate,
- and patients who refused to participate study.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
200 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02253524
Start Date
November 1 2012
End Date
May 1 2013
Last Update
October 1 2014
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