NCT02086292

The Influence of Lidocaine Volume on Discomfort During Administration of Local Anesthetic

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of the study is to find a simple method for pain reduction that can be used in clinical practice when administering digital nerve block with a single subcutaneous injection. It will be investigated whether a smaller volume of lidocaine can decrease pain during injection.

Detailed description

Healthy volunteers will receive a single subcutaneous injection digital nerve block at the base of each ring finger. 2ml 1% lidocaine in one of the fingers, and 1 ml 2% lidocaine in the other. After each injection, the subject will be asked to evaluate the pain on a visual analog scale (0-100 mm). Additionally the sensibility will be tested with a Semmes-Weinstein monofilament, to evaluate if the different methods achieve desired anesthetic effect.

Conditions

• Needlestick Injuries

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	2 ml 1% Lidocaine
PROCEDURE	1 ml 2% Lidocaine

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-02-01
• Primary completion: 2014-06-01
• Completion: 2014-06-01
• First posted: 2014-03-13
• Last updated: 2016-09-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway