NCT01996189

Arterial Puncture Using Insulin Syringe is Less Painful Than Standard Syringe

Arterial Puncture Using Insulin Syringe is Less Painful Than Standard Syringe, a Randomized Crossover Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: National University Hospital, Singapore · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The primary objective is to compare the difference in the pain score in radial arterial puncture using the insulin needle versus the standard 23G hypodermic needle.

Detailed description

In a randomised, crossover design, healthy volunteers were recruited to receive bilateral radial arterial punctures. They were assigned to receive either the insulin or the standard needle as the first puncture using block randomisation. The primary outcome was the pain score measured on a 100mm visual analogue scale (VAS) and the secondary outcomes were procedural complications and rate of haemolysis.

Conditions

• Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Standard needle BBraun Sterican® 23G and 25mm in length	Arterial puncture using the hypodermic needle (BBraun Sterican® 23G and 25mm in length) attached to a 3 ml syringe.
DEVICE	Insulin	Arterial puncture using the insulin syringe (Terumo®- 0.5 ml with attached needle 29G and 13mm in length)

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-05-01
• Primary completion: 2013-03-01
• Completion: 2013-03-01
• First posted: 2013-11-27
• Last updated: 2013-11-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Singapore