Could a common numbing drug beat morphine for kidney stone pain?
NCT ID NCT07536594
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study compares lidocaine, a numbing drug, to morphine for treating severe kidney stone pain in the emergency room. Researchers will enroll 250 adults whose pain isn't relieved by standard treatment. The goal is to see if lidocaine provides better pain relief at 30 minutes, potentially offering a safer, non-opioid option.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- lidocaine
- What this could lead to
- If lidocaine works better than morphine, it could offer a non-opioid option for kidney stone pain, helping to reduce opioid misuse.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 250 people. Previous promising results from Iran may not hold up in a more diverse U.S. population.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 250 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: In order to be eligible for inclusion in the study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria: * Age ≥ 18 years at time of visit * Able and willing to consent for participation in study * Documentation of suspected renal colic as primary complaint as evidenced by reported flank pain, back pain, abdominal pain, or groin pain, or as determined by the treating clinician * Requires additional treatment due to inadequate analgesia or clinical suspicion of unsafe discharge secondary to pain after initial treatment with parenteral ketorolac Exclusion Criteria: Any individual who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study: * Age \< 18 years * Use of analgesia for renal colic within 6 hours prior to clinician evaluation * Inability or unwillingness to consent for participation in study * Experienced a severe adverse event that required clinician intervention after initial treatment with parenteral ketorolac * Documented history of allergic or anaphylactic reaction to NSAIDs, lidocaine, or morphine * Documented history of cardiac arrhythmias * Documented history of chronic use of opioid medications for unrelated diagnoses * Currently pregnant * Documented history of end-stage renal or hepatic dysfunction * Clinical contraindications to NSAIDs, lidocaine, or morphine per clinician discretion
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