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Adults (aged \u226518 years) with severe acute pain (numeric rating scale [NRS] score \u22655 on a scale from 0 [no pain] to 10 [worst pain]) of traumatic or nontraumatic origin were eligible. Prespecified analyses were planned for traumatic and nontraumatic pain.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Interventions<\/jats:title>\n All patients received weight-based titrated IV morphine. In the control group, patients also received 1 g IV acetaminophen; in the intervention group, patients received matching placebo.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>\n The primary outcome was the mean change in NRS pain score from baseline to 30 minutes. The noninferiority margin was 1 point. Analyses were conducted in modified intention-to-treat (mITT) and per-protocol (PP) populations.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n Among 430 randomized patients (median age, 42 years [IQR, 29-57 years]; 220 men [51.2%]), 424 were included in the mITT analysis (213 in the morphine plus placebo and 211 in the morphine plus acetaminophen group; 181 [42.7%] had traumatic pain and 243 [57.3%] had nontraumatic pain) and 393 were included in the PP analysis (197 morphine plus placebo and 196 morphine plus acetaminophen; 169 [43.0%] had traumatic pain and 224 [57.0%] had nontraumatic pain). In the PP analysis, the between-group difference in mean pain score reduction was 0.32 points (95% CI, \u22120.29 to 0.94 points) for traumatic pain and 0.80 points (95% CI, 0.19-1.41 points) for nontraumatic pain. In the mITT analysis, the corresponding differences were 0.36 points (95% CI, \u22120.28 to 1.01 points) and 0.76 points (95% CI, 0.11-1.41 points). 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