NCT02307773

Lidocaine Spray on an Endoscope to Improve Tolerance to Endoscopy

Does Use of Lidocaine Spray on an Endoscope Immediately Before Insertion Improve Patient Tolerance to Endoscopy? A Single Center, Case-Control Study.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 497 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cheju Halla General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years – 89 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators tested whether a new method which additional lidocaine spray on the tip of endoscope can increase the tolerance of examinee during endoscopy than conventional pharyngeal anesthesia alone.

Detailed description

All the patients underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy were consecutively enrolled and assigned to case group treated with additional 2 puffs of the 10% lidocaine spray on the tip of endoscope before intubation or control group with conventional pharyngeal anesthesia without further treatment. And the investigators compared their baseline characteristics, past history, sedation or not, and frequency of retching and belching were measured during the endoscopy.

Conditions

• C.Medical Procedure; Digestive System
• Disorder of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract
• Tolerance

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Case Group	Consecutively, all the participants were assigned to case group with additional 2 puffs of the 10% lidocaine spray on the tip of endoscope, same medication which was used for prior pharyngeal anesthesia, or to control group with conventional pharyngeal anesthesia without further treatment. Then we compared the primary outcome measures, such as, frequency of belching and retching of two groups.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-11-01
• Primary completion: 2014-05-01
• Completion: 2014-05-01
• First posted: 2014-12-04
• Last updated: 2015-01-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea