Table of Contents
- Trial overview
- Study population and setting
- Study design and treatment comparison
- Phase and enrollment
- Main outcome measures
- What this means for patients
Trial overview
The source data include one interventional study, which means researchers are giving treatments and then measuring the results.[1] This study is titled “RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED STUDY COMPARING SUFENTANIL AND KETAMINE INTRANASALLY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SEVERE ACUTE TRAUMA-RELATED PAIN IN CHILDREN.”[1] The trial is authorised and is listed as Phase 2.[1]
Study population and setting
The trial focuses on children who are admitted to the pediatric emergency department with severe acute trauma-related pain.[1] The brief summary says the setting is limb trauma, which means injury to an arm or leg.[1] The source data do not list full inclusion or exclusion rules, so the exact participation criteria are not fully shown.[1]
Study design and treatment comparison
The study is described as a randomized controlled study, which means participants are assigned to different treatment groups by chance and the results are compared.[1] The brief summary says the trial compares the analgesic efficacy, meaning pain-relief effect, of intranasal sufentanil with intranasal ketamine for severe pain in children.[1] The interventions listed also include EMLA cream, naloxone injection, and Entonox inhalation as part of the study record.[1]
Phase and enrollment
This study is in Phase 2, a stage that usually looks more closely at how well a treatment works in a defined patient group.[1] The planned enrollment is 116, which is the number of participants the trial aims to include.[1]
Main outcome measures
The main outcome is pain intensity, measured with the vertical visual analog scale, or VAS.[1] Researchers measure pain at the start of treatment, called T0, and again at 30 minutes, called T30.[1] The main comparison is the change in pain from T0 to T30, written in the study record as ∆intensity = IntensityT30 – IntensityT0.[1]
What this means for patients
For families, this trial is mainly about finding the best way to reduce severe pain after trauma in children in an emergency setting.[1] The study is focused on short-term pain relief and compares how much pain changes within the first 30 minutes after treatment.[1] Because the source data are limited, it is not possible to describe extra eligibility details or additional results beyond what is listed in the trial record.[1]



