NCT03445780

Comparison of Distraction Methods for Pain Relief of Trigger Finger Injection

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: NYU Langone Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 99 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the best distraction mechanism during trigger finger injection in the outpatient setting. Temporary discomfort from the needle prick is highly feared by patients and is often accompanied by significant acute pain and distress during routine corticosteroid injection in the orthopedic outpatient setting. This study aims to examine 4 different distraction methods and their efficacy in reducing perceived pain, which will be evaluate using the VAS (visual analog pain score.) The three distraction methods will be ethyl chloride spray, adjacent pinch, ethyl chloride spray and pinch, and "screen" or looking away method.

Conditions

• Trigger Finger

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Ethyl chloride spray	Skin cooling with ethyl chloride spray 5 seconds prior to injection
PROCEDURE	Pinching	Skin between the distal palmar crease and the palmo digital crease will be pinched for 5 seconds prior to injection
PROCEDURE	No Site of Procedure	Subjects will sit behind a screen with a small opening large enough to introduce the injected hand. They will not see any of the procedure

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-06-01
• Primary completion: 2020-04-01
• Completion: 2020-04-01
• First posted: 2018-02-26
• Last updated: 2020-01-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated drug study