NCT00213200

Intravenous and Topical Analgesics for Procedural Pain in Neonates

Systemic Analgesia and Local Anaesthesia for Percutaneous Venous Catheter Placement in Preterm Neonates

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 108 (planned)
• Sponsor: The Hospital for Sick Children · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Day – 30 Days
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will test which type of pain medication is best for the management of pain in newborn preterm and full-term infants having a deep intravenous cannula inserted. It will compare the effectiveness of intravenous morphine alone, a local anaesthetic cream (amethocaine) alone, and both medications together. It will also determine the safety of both medications.

Conditions

• Pain
• Infant, Newborn

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	morphine, amethocaine

Timeline

• Start date: 2003-07-01
• Completion: 2005-06-01
• First posted: 2005-09-21
• Last updated: 2006-10-11

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Canada