Reduction of Topical Anesthetic Time for Subcutaneous Port Access Using Ultrasound

Connecticut Children's Medical Center40 enrolled

Overview

Children ages 3-17 who are undergoing port access receive both standard care, topical medicine for numbing (LMX4), and the study intervention which utilizes ultrasound to speed the onset of LMX4 from 30 minutes to 5 minutes. The procedures will be performed on 2 separate visits to the clinic. The child's pain with the access procedure is evaluated.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Pain

Interventions

SonoPrepDEVICE

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 3 YearsMax age: 17 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Children ages 3-17 with subcutaneous port Exclusion Criteria: * Emergent need for port access * Allergy to lidocaine sodium lauryl sulfate

Locations (1)

Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

pain

Secondary Outcomes

tolerability

safety-skin effects

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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