# Can Methylnaltrexone Safely Treat Opioid Related Constipation in the Emergency Department?

> **NCT00949377** · PHASE4 · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **Beth Israel Medical Center**

## Conditions studied

- Colonic Inertia

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Methylnaltrexone Bromide (MNTX)
- **DRUG:** Placebo

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00949377
- **Lead sponsor:** Beth Israel Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2009-09
- **Primary completion:** 2011-12
- **Final completion:** 2011-12
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Unable to recruit enough patients at a single center.
- **Last updated:** 2015-10-14

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00949377

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00949377, "Can Methylnaltrexone Safely Treat Opioid Related Constipation in the Emergency Department?". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00949377. Licensed CC0.

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