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CompletedNCT00126932

Reduction of Topical Anesthetic Onset Time Using Ultrasound

Reduction of Topical Anesthetic Onset Time Using Ultrasound: A Randomized Controlled Trial Prior to Venipuncture in Young Children

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
70 (planned)
Sponsor
Connecticut Children's Medical Center · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
3 Years – 7 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Children ages 3-7 who are undergoing blood drawing receive either standard care, topical medicine for numbing (LMX4), or the study intervention which utilizes ultrasound to speed the onset of LMX4 from 30 minutes to 5 minutes. The child's pain with the blood drawing procedure is evaluated.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DEVICESonoPrep

Timeline

Start date
2004-10-01
Completion
2004-12-01
First posted
2005-08-05
Last updated
2007-12-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00126932. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.