The effect, complications, benefits, and feasibility of administration of nebulized naloxone
The effect, complications, benefits, and feasibility of administration of naloxone infusion
Comparison of effects, complications, benefits, and feasibility of administration of naloxone infusion versus nebulized naloxone
Design
A Phase II randomized clinical trial on 60 patients in which randomization was done using the envelopes containing the name of intervention or control groups.
Settings and conduct
All opioid-dependent cases who get poisoned with methadone and responded to the administration of naloxone in the emergency department.
Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria include those methadone overdosed cases >18 and <60 years old who are otherwise safe with no background diseases using methadone as the primary drug and signs of opioid overdose. All patients should be dependent on opioids.
Intervention groups
using nebulized naloxone (vs. traditional naloxone infusion) in opioid-dependent patients referred with methadone overdose
The effect of nebulized naloxone in comparison with intravenous naloxone in patients with methadone overdose, a randomized clinical trial study
Public title
Nebulized naloxone in methadone poisoning
Purpose
Treatment
Inclusion/Exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
Methadone Overdose
>18 and <60
Response to naloxone
Opioid dependency
Spontaneous respiration
Exclusion criteria:
No consent to participate
nasal congestion
Current catching cold
Apnea
Intubation
Age
From 18 years old to 60 years old
Gender
Both
Phase
2-3
Groups that have been masked
No information
Sample size
Target sample size:
60
Randomization (investigator's opinion)
Randomized
Randomization description
Before starting the project we will write the name "Naloxone infusion" and Nebulized naloxone" on 30 papers each. All papers will be folded and inserted into an envelope and all envelopes will be put in a small box and the head nurse will take it. For randomization after recruitment and assessment of eligibility for inclusion & exclusion criteria and no contraindication for initiation of each treatment, the head nurse will be asked to open the envelopes at random and present them to the physician in charge
Blinding (investigator's opinion)
Not blinded
Blinding description
Placebo
Not used
Assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Secondary Ids
empty
Ethics committees
1
Ethics committee
Name of ethics committee
Ethic Commitee of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences