NCT01201954

Pain Relief of Newborn Preterm Infants During Endotracheal Suctioning

Pain Relief of Newborn Preterm Infants During Endotracheal Suctioning: a Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 43 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 36 Weeks
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Evaluate the effectiveness of the use of a 24% sucrose solution for pain management of preterm infants during endotracheal suctioning.

Detailed description

Many infants admitted to neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) undergo repeated invasive procedures. Recent studies have shown that the oral sucrose administration to neonates is safe and effective for pain relief during heel stick and venipuncture.Most data suggest the investigation of the effect of sucrose in other painful procedures such as in ventilated newborns.

Conditions

• Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	sucrose	oral sucrose solution, 24%, 0,5 ml/kg, 2 minutes before start the suctioning sterile water, 0,5 ml/kg, 2 minutes before start the suctioning

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-03-01
• Primary completion: 2011-04-01
• Completion: 2011-04-01
• First posted: 2010-09-15
• Last updated: 2011-04-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil