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IV Dexketoprofen vs Placebo in Migranie Attack

A Phase 4 interventional study of Dexketoprofen and Normal Saline in Migraine, sponsored by Akdeniz University. Completed at 1 site in Turkey. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-07-23.

Sponsored by Akdeniz University · Phase 4, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
224
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

H0 hypothesis: IV dexketoprofen is equivalent to placebo in ceasing migraine attack in emergency department.

H1 hypothesis: IV dexketoprofen is not equivalent (superior) to placebo in ceasing migraine attack in emergency department.

Read the detailed description

Migraine attack is one of the most leading causes presentations to emergency department. Patients with migraine attack seek urgent care to cease their pain. There are so many interventions defined in the medical literature that can be used in migraine attacks. However, as a IV drug, dexketoprofen; little known whether IV dexketoprofen is superior to placebo or not. In the present study we aimed to determine the effects of IV dexketoprofen in migraine attack in emergency department.

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Conditions studied

  • Migraine

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Keywords

  • migraine, emergency department, dexketoprofen, placebo
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In context

Migraine Disorders

1,528 studies on the registry are indexed under Migraine Disorders; 299 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 224 is above the median of 80 across 1,175 interventional studies indexed under Migraine Disorders.

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Lead sponsor

Akdeniz University is the lead sponsor of 289 studies on the registry; 60 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • patients presented with headache who diagnosed as migraine attack according to the international headache society

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • denied to give inform concent, illiterate patients, chronic renal failure, taking NSAIDs during the last six hours, pregnancy
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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Care provider)
Enrollment
224 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Dexketoprofen

    50 mg intravenous dexketoprofen in 50 ml normal saline in 5 minutes infusion.

    Drug: Dexketoprofen

  • Placebo comparator
    normal slaline

    50 ml normal saline

    Other: Normal Saline

Interventions

  • DrugDexketoprofen

    50 mg intravenous arveles in 50 ml saline in 5 minutes

    Also known as: Arveles

  • OtherNormal Saline

    50 ml normal saline

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Visual Analogue Scale Change

    Change from baseline in Visual Analogue Scale, 100 mm, at 45th minutes. Visual Analogue Scale is measurement tool scoring tool between 0 (no pain) and 100 mm (worst pain). Minimum clinically significant change in pain score is 13 or 16 mm.

    Time frame: 45 minutes

Secondary outcomes

  1. Adverse Effects

    The adverse effects is being recorded to the study form after the study drugs are administered at the 45th minutes.

    Time frame: 45th minutes

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Results

Posted Jul 23, 2015

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneDexketoprofenNormal Slaline
Started112112
Completed112112
Not completed00

Outcome measures

PrimaryVisual Analogue Scale Change

Change from baseline in Visual Analogue Scale, 100 mm, at 45th minutes. Visual Analogue Scale is measurement tool scoring tool between 0 (no pain) and 100 mm (worst pain). Minimum clinically significant change in pain score is 13 or 16 mm.

Time frame:
45 minutes
Reported as:
Median · units on a scale
Visual Analogue Scale Change
units on a scaleDexketoprofenNormal Slaline
Visual Analogue Scale Change55 (49 to 60)30 (25 to 35)
SecondaryAdverse Effects

The adverse effects is being recorded to the study form after the study drugs are administered at the 45th minutes.

Time frame:
45th minutes
Reported as:
Number · participants
Adverse Effects
participantsDexketoprofenNormal Slaline
Adverse Effects00

Adverse events

Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Dexketoprofen—0/112 (0%)0/112 (0%)
Normal Slaline—0/112 (0%)0/112 (0%)

Baseline characteristics

Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)DexketoprofenNormal SlalineTotal
Mean36.3 ± 11.137.6 ± 10.736.9 ± 11
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)DexketoprofenNormal SlalineTotal
Female8583168
Male272956
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)DexketoprofenNormal SlalineTotal
Turkey112112224
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Study locations

1 site
  • Antalya Training and Govermental Hospital
    Antalya, Turkey
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References and documents

Publications

  • Turkcuer I, Serinken M, Eken C, Yilmaz A, Akdag O, Uyan E, Kiray C, Elicabuk H. Intravenous paracetamol versus dexketoprofen in acute migraine attack in the emergency department: a randomised clinical trial. Emerg Med J. 2014 Mar;31(3):182-5. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2013-203044. Epub 2014 Jan 6. PubMed 24394884 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 23, 2015, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02159547
Lead sponsor
Akdeniz University
Responsible party
Cenker Eken (Associated Proffesor, Akdeniz University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jun 10, 2014
Start date
May 2014
Primary completion
Aug 2014
Completion
Aug 2014
Results posted
Jul 23, 2015
Last update
Jul 23, 2015

Study contacts

Faruk Gungor, Pyhsician
principal investigator · Antalya Training and Govermental Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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