Pethidine clinical trials
Pethidine is named as an intervention in 3 current clinical trials in our Italy, Singapore and Israel registers. 1 is recruiting patients now. The most common phase is Phase 4. The sponsor with the most trials is Fondazione Andrea Cesalpino Arezzo ONLUS (1). The most-studied condition is Sedation During Bronchoscopy.
What health systems spend on Pethidine
All medicines →From NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis (Open Government Licence v3.0) and CMS State Drug Utilization Data. Both are gross amounts: neither system publishes its discounts or rebates per drug. Products combining several substances are not counted here.
Patient leaflets for Pethidine
The package leaflet is the official guide for patients that comes with every medicine. These links go to the regulators that publish it.
- IEIreland: 1 product on the HPRA listEach product record links to the HPRA, which publishes the leaflet and SmPC.
- UKUnited Kingdom: Search MHRA ProductsPatient information leaflets and SmPCs for UK-licensed products.
- USUnited States: Search DailyMedFDA-approved labels, including patient and medication guides.
Leaflets differ between brands and countries; always read the one that comes with your own medicine. This is regulatory information, not medical advice.
Trials by status
Trials by phase
Clinical trials of Pethidine
3 trials| Study | Phase | Status | Lead sponsor | Registers |
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Combined Intravenous Tramadol and Paracetamol Versus Intramuscular Pethidine for Pain Relief During the First Stage of Labor. Compare the Efficacy and Adverse Effects
NCT07264309 · ClinicalTrials.gov ↗ · Pain Management, Birth
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Not applicable | Recruiting | Zohar Nachum | Israel |
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Balanced Analgosedation in Bronchoscopy: Propofol/Pethidine Versus Midazolam/Pethidine
NCT06736938 · ClinicalTrials.gov ↗ · Sedation During Bronchoscopy
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Phase 4 | Not yet open | Fondazione Andrea Cesalpino Arezzo ONLUS | Italy |
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CODEPAD (Collaborative Outcomes of DEpression and Pain Associated With Delivery)
NCT03167905 · ClinicalTrials.gov ↗ · Depression, Postpartum, Analgesia, Obstetrical, Anesthesia, Obstetrical
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Phase 2/3 | Active, closed | KK Women's and Children's Hospital | Singapore |
Registers list studies that are recruiting, about to open, active but closed to enrolment, or enrolling by invitation. The UK and USA registers cover industry-sponsored studies only. Trial titles and statuses are copied from the registry as published.
Pethidine across our data
Ireland · EU · USThe same active substance in our other registers, matched by its exact name. Each entry links to the register record it comes from.
Licensed in Ireland (HPRA)
1 single-substance product containing Pethidine on the HPRA medicines list.
- Pethidine Hydrochloride 50mg/ml Solution for InjectionMercury Pharmaceuticals (Ireland) Ltd · PA0073/014/001 · Marketed
Supply shortages
No entry for Pethidine in the EMA, FDA or German BfArM shortage lists we track.
Conditions studied with Pethidine
6 conditionsSponsors
lead sponsor per trial| Lead sponsor | Trials |
|---|---|
| Fondazione Andrea Cesalpino Arezzo ONLUS | 1 |
| KK Women's and Children's Hospital | 1 |
| Zohar Nachum | 1 |
By country register
| Register | Trials | Recruiting |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical trials in Italy | 1 | 0 |
| Clinical trials in Singapore | 1 | 0 |
| Clinical trials in Israel | 1 | 1 |
A trial with sites in more than one country appears in each of those registers.
Related compounds
Questions about Pethidine trials
How many clinical trials are testing Pethidine?
3 current trials in our Italy, Singapore and Israel registers name Pethidine as a drug or biological intervention, as of the registry sync on 11 November 2026. Completed and withdrawn studies are not counted.
Are Pethidine trials recruiting patients?
Yes. 1 of the 3 trials is recruiting: 1 with sites in Israel. Eligibility and site contacts are on each trial's record. Only the study team can confirm whether a patient is eligible.
Who sponsors Pethidine clinical trials?
Fondazione Andrea Cesalpino Arezzo ONLUS (1), KK Women's and Children's Hospital (1) and Zohar Nachum (1). The number in brackets is how many trials each organisation leads.
Is Pethidine licensed in Ireland?
Yes. The HPRA medicines list includes 1 single-substance product containing Pethidine, for example Pethidine Hydrochloride 50mg/ml Solution for Injection (Mercury Pharmaceuticals (Ireland) Ltd). A licence does not mean a product is currently marketed or reimbursed; see each product's record.
Is there a Pethidine shortage?
Not in the lists we track: Pethidine has no entry in the EMA, FDA or German BfArM shortage registers as of their latest sync.
Where does this information come from?
Every trial, status, phase and sponsor on this page is copied from public ClinicalTrials.gov records by a daily sync. Nothing here describes how Pethidine works or whether it is effective, and it is not medical advice.
How this page is built
Everything on this page is copied from public ClinicalTrials.gov registry records — it is not written from memory, and nothing here describes how Pethidine works or whether it is effective. Each trial links to its own record so you can check it yourself.
- ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine) ↗ Trial IDs, titles, intervention names and synonyms, phase, overall status, lead sponsor and conditions for every trial on this page
This page is built automatically: a daily sync job reads the registry records behind our country trial registers, collects every trial that lists Pethidine (or a registered synonym) as a drug or biological intervention, and tabulates the registry fields directly. Placebos and generic comparators are excluded. There is no AI drafting and no per-compound editorial pass, and the page has not been clinically reviewed. The “last verified” date above is the timestamp of that sync, not a review date. Our general editorial approach is described in our editorial standards and corrections policy. The ClinicalTrials.gov data on this page was last retrieved on 11 Nov 2026. How every register is built: methodology · fixes we have made: corrections log.