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CompletedNCT03032458Updated May 29, 2018

Efficacy of Pethidine, Ketorolac And Xylocaine Gel As Analgesics For Pain Control In Shockwave Lithotripsy

A Phase 4 interventional study of Pethidine and Ketorolac in Analgesia and Urolithiasis, sponsored by Mansoura University. Completed at 1 site in Egypt. Open to participants aged 16 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-05-29.

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

Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
165
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
16 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

A randomised prospective trial comparing the efficacy of pethidine, Ketorolac, and Xylocaine gel as analgesics for pain control in shockwave lithotripsy.

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Pain perception during shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) is affected by patient-related factors like age, gender, and body habitus moreover, young female patients, anxious and depressed patients or thin patients experience more pain during SWL.

Several physical variables influencing treatment-related pain have been identified: the type of the shockwave source, size, and site of stone burden, peak pressure of the shockwaves, diameter of the focal zone, and size of the aperture of the shockwave source reflecting the area of shockwave entry at the skin.

Pain relief during SWL is vital, not only to maintain patient comfort and satisfaction, but also to facilitate stone imaging and targeting by reducing patients' movements during successive shock wave impacts. Reduced patient movement enables increase fragmentation efficiency and reduce the risk of procedure-related morbidity. So, a relaxed, cooperative patient during treatment is paramount in maintaining stone targeting for optimal fragmentation.

Across 21 centers in the United Kingdom (UK), 17 distinct analgesia regimens were reported in SWL analgesia practice.

In 2016 European Association of Urology (EUA) guidelines for SWL Pain control stated that pain control during SWL is necessary to limit pain induced movements and excessive respiratory excursions, However no recommendation for proper analgesia in contrast to clear recommendation for Pain relief in patients with an acute stone episode.

The investigators will try in this trial to identify the best efficacious type of analgesia for patient during SWL in this study.

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Conditions studied

  • Analgesia
  • Urolithiasis

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Keywords

  • Shock Wave Lithotripsy
  • Ketorolac
  • Xylocaine Gel
  • Pethidine
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In context

Urolithiasis

278 studies on the registry are indexed under Urolithiasis; 70 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 165 is above the median of 100 across 197 interventional studies indexed under Urolithiasis.

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Lead sponsor

Mansoura University is the lead sponsor of 1,077 studies on the registry; 183 are open to participants now.

Of its 9 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 0 (0%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
16 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients with renal and upper ureteral stones amenable to SWL.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Allergy to pethidine.
  • Allergy to Ketorolac.
  • Allergy to Xylocaine gel.
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists score ≥ 3 (ASA III or more).
  • Pregnancy.
  • Patients with a pacemaker.
  • Bleeding diatheses.
  • Uncontrolled urinary tract infection (UTI).
  • Severe obesity which prevent targeting of the stone.
  • Body Mass IndexBMI (40 or more)
  • Arterial aneurysm in the vicinity of the stone.
  • Anatomical obstruction distal to the stone.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
165 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Pethidine

    Pethidine 25 mg IV bolus (Pethidine hydrochloride 50mg ampule, Roche Pharmaceutical Company - Egypt)

    Drug: Pethidine

  • Active comparator
    Ketorolac

    Ketolac 30 mg (ketorolac, Amriya Pharmaceutical Industries - Egypt)

    Drug: Ketorolac

  • Active comparator
    Xylocaine Gel

    Xylocaine gel (lidocaine 2%, AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical Company - Egypt)

    Drug: Xylocaine Gel

Interventions

  • DrugPethidine

    pethidine 25 mg IV bolus injection before start of session plus placebo gel then then IV infusion, so that the total dose doesn't exceed 1mg/kg

    Also known as: Pethidine 50

  • DrugKetorolac

    ketorolac IV bolus injection before start of session plus placebo gel then 30 mg IV infusion so that total dose doesn't exceed 60 mg.

    Also known as: Ketolac

  • DrugXylocaine Gel

    Xylocaine gel locally 15 minutes before session with 10 mg normal saline IV bolus before session then IV normal saline infusion then

    Also known as: lidocaine 2%

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Pain control __ Outcome Measure by "pain assessment scales of The National Initiative on Pain Control™ (NIPC™)"

    Time frame: 10 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Effect of anxiety on success of SWL __ Outcome Measure by "Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item "

    Time frame: 10 months

  2. Effect of anxiety on success of SWL __ Outcome Measure by "The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)"

    Time frame: 10 months

  3. Compare stone free rate __ Outcome Measure by "ultrasound and plain x-ray" 1 week after session. If no residual stone, NCCT scan.

    Time frame: 1 year

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Study locations

1 site
  • Urology and Nephrology Center
    Mansourah, Aldakahlia 35516, Egypt
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — meta-analyses by contact the Prof. Hassan Abol-Enein, MD, Phd (Study Chair) or Prof. Khaled Z. Sheir, MD ( Study Central Contact Backup)

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 29, 2018, 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
NCT03032458
Lead sponsor
Mansoura University
Responsible party
Abdelwahab Hashem (Urology Msc, Oncology fellow at Urology and Nephrology Center, Principal Investigator, Mansoura University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 26, 2017
Start date
Jan 2017
Primary completion
Oct 2017
Completion
Oct 2017
Last update
May 29, 2018

Study contacts

Hassan Abol-Enein, MD, Phd
study chair · Urology and Nephrology Center

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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