NCT01860248

Vapocoolant Spray Effectiveness On Arterial Puncture Pain: Randomized Double Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial

Topical Alkane Vapocoolant Spray Effectiveness On Arterial Puncture Pain Reduction In Emergency Department: Randomized Double Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Tehran University of Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 14 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study was aimed to compare pain levels from arterial blood gas (ABG) sampling performed with vapocoolant spray in comparison to placebo.

Detailed description

Previous studies of vapocoolant sprays for reducing pain were mainly on venopuncture with inconsistent results. There was only one prospective open labeled controlled study on arterial blood gas sampling with ethyl chloride which did not show effectiveness. This study will assess the efficacy and tolerability of a topical alkane vapocoolant spray for arterial puncture in adults in comparison to control spray.

Conditions

• Puncture Site Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Vapocoolant spray	The Vapocoolant spray containing alkane is applied for 20 seconds.
DRUG	Water spray	This spray is covered so the patient and the investigator can not find the spray type out.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-05-01
• Primary completion: 2013-06-01
• Completion: 2013-06-01
• First posted: 2013-05-22
• Last updated: 2013-07-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Iran