NCT01811979

Efficacy of Oral Sucrose and Topical Anesthetics to Reduce Pain During Eye Examination for Retinopathy of Prematurity

Efficacy of Oral Sucrose and Topical Anesthetics to Reduce Pain During Eye Examination

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Dr. Sami Ulus Children's Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Day – 3 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Oral sucrose reduces pain during heel sticks and venipunctures in preterm infants. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of local anesthetic eye drops and a pacifier, plus repeated doses of 24% sucrose, to relieve pain associated with eye examinations for retinopathy of prematurity.

Detailed description

Oral sucrose reduces pain during heel sticks and venipunctures in preterm infants. Administration of oral sucrose with and without non-nutritive sucking is the most frequently studied non-pharmacological intervention for procedural pain relief in neonates.The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of local anesthetic eye drops and a pacifier, plus repeated doses of 24% sucrose, to relieve pain associated with eye examinations for retinopathy of prematurity.

Conditions

• Investigate the Efficacy of Sucrose During Eye Examination

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Oral sucrose solution	Oral sucrose solution plus topical anesthetics
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Steril water	steril water plus topical anesthetics

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-04-01
• Primary completion: 2013-04-01
• Completion: 2013-05-01
• First posted: 2013-03-15
• Last updated: 2013-05-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)