Eligibility Module

Eligibility Module

The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.

Eligibility Module path is as follows:

Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module

Eligibility Module


Ignite Creation Date: 2025-12-25 @ 4:27 AM
Ignite Modification Date: 2025-12-25 @ 4:27 AM
NCT ID: NCT00671320
Eligibility Criteria: Inclusion Criteria: * Patients had sprained their ankle within 48 hours * The sprain was a first or second degree ankle sprain of the lateral aspect, specifically: anterior talofibular ligament and/or calcaneofibular ligament * At presentation patients were to have had moderate-severe ankle pain, (i.e., patient's assessment of ankle pain, on full weight bearing, using a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) was ≥ 45 mm), have a minimum rating of 2 on the Patient's Global Assessment of Ankle Injury and Patient's Assessment of Normal Function/Activity * Investigator must have thought that the patient required and was eligible for therapy with an anti-inflammatory agent and/or analgesic to control symptoms Exclusion Criteria: * Women who were not post-menopausal or surgically sterilized, or who had have a positive urine pregnancy test prior to randomization and/or were not using adequate contraception according to the judgment of the Investigator * Patients with a similar injury of the same joint within the last 6 months * Clinical evidence of complete rupture of ankle ligaments (third degree sprain), required bed rest, hospitalization, surgical intervention for the ankle injury or non-removable full cast, bilateral occurrence of ankle injury or ankle and knee injury on the same side * Patients with esophageal, gastric or duodenal ulcer within 30 days prior to randomization or had active GI or other disease that in the opinion of the investigator would preclude safe participation by the subject in the study.
Healthy Volunteers: False
Sex: ALL
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Study: NCT00671320
Study Brief:
Protocol Section: NCT00671320