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Study on the effectiveness paracetamol two hours before Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT) to reduce the incidence and severity of post ECT headache.

A randomized controlled trial on effectiveness of preemptive analgesia with paracetamol on reduction of occurrence of headache after Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT)

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
SLCTR
Registry ID
SLCTR/2015/027
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2015-11-27
Start date
2015-12-15
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

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Conditions

Post ECT headache

Interventions

Study will be conducted among adult inpatients receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) at the Colombo North Teaching Hospital, Ragama, Sri Lanka Recruitment of patients will be done by non-clinical

Sponsors

Professorial Psychiatry Unit,
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All adult patients receiving ECT at Colombo North Teaching Hospital during study period .

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. History of complications such as delirium, intracranial hemorrhages following ECT. 2. Those patients who do not have the capacity to give informed consent before E.C.T. 3. Patients receiving unilateral and bi- frontal E.C.T.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Incidence and severity of post E.C.T. headache using 1. visual analogue scale (Huskisson, 1974) 2. verbal descriptive scale (Keele, 1948) [2 hours after ECT]—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Use of rescue analgesics [6 hours after ECT]—

Countries

Sri Lanka

Contacts

Public ContactDr Amila Isuru Lenduwa Lokuge

Senior Registrar in Psychiatry

amila.isuru23@gmail.com

Outcome results

None listed

Source: SLCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026