Efficacy and Safety of Ibuprofen in Patients With Ankle Injuries
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01563289 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : March 26, 2012
Last Update Posted : May 8, 2013
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Pain | Drug: Ibuprofen Drug: Placebo | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 62 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double (Participant, Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Randomised, Multicentre, Two-arm, Parallel Group, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Comparative Efficacy and Safety Clinical Study of Ibuprofen in Patients With Pain Related to Uncomplicated Ankle Injuries |
Study Start Date : | February 2012 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | July 2012 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | July 2012 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Placebo Comparator: placebo |
Drug: Placebo
3 times a day |
Experimental: Ibuprofen |
Drug: Ibuprofen
3 times a day |
- Efficacy: visual analog scale (VAS) [ Time Frame: Day 7 ]VAS pain score change over time from baseline to day 7
- Efficacy: VAS [ Time Frame: Day 3 and Day 7 ]Percentage VAS pain score change from baseline separately to day 3 and 7

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 45 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Written informed consent obtained.
- Male and female patients, age in the range of 18-45 years (inclusive).
- Patients with pain related to uncomplicated ankle injuries (in case of doubt whether it is complicated an X-ray should be taken).
- Pain related to ankle injuries is scored as moderate or severe by the patient and the injury is less than 24 hours old.
- Patients with normal or clinically non-significant findings as determined by baseline history, physical examination and vital signs (blood pressure, heart rate and axillary temperature).
- Comprehension of the nature and purpose of the study and compliance with the protocol requirements.
- Negative urine pregnancy test (for females only).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Known hypersensitivity to aspirin or any non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID).
- Known history of asthma.
- Known history of gastric or peptic ulcer or bleeding.
- Known history of malignancy or other serious diseases.
- Known history of skin allergy.
- Known history of cardiac, renal or hepatic insufficiency.
- Presence of bruises or rash on the skin of ankle.
- Presence of skin lesions like eczema or psoriasis.
- Arthritis in the same joint.
- Alcohol use during the study period or within 48 hours before the study enrolment.
- Patients judged unable to use the VAS for pain reliably
- Locally applied NSAID to the painful region/area of study or oral use of NSAID or other analgesics 48 hours before the study enrolment.
- Other pain killers than rescue medication to be taken during the study.
- Recurrent sprain at the same joint during the last 6 months.
- Anticoagulant therapy.
- Physiotherapy during study period.
- Open wounds, infected skin or fracture.
- Any other condition that in the opinion of the investigator would interfere with the evaluation of the results or constitute a health risk for the patient.
- Pregnant or lactating females.
- Participation in a drug or device study within 90 days before the study enrolment.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01563289
Finland | |
Terveystalo Lahti | |
Lahti, Finland |
Principal Investigator: | Juha-Pekka Kaukonen, MD | Terveystalo Lahti |
Responsible Party: | Orion Corporation, Orion Pharma |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01563289 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
0028021 2011-004496-37 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | March 26, 2012 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 8, 2013 |
Last Verified: | September 2012 |
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