Reduction of Topical Anesthetic Onset Time Using Ultrasound

Connecticut Children's Medical Center70 enrolled

Overview

Children ages 3-7 who are undergoing blood drawing receive either standard care, topical medicine for numbing (LMX4), or the study intervention which utilizes ultrasound to speed the onset of LMX4 from 30 minutes to 5 minutes. The child's pain with the blood drawing procedure is evaluated.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Pain

Interventions

SonoPrepDEVICE

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 3 YearsMax age: 7 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Ages 3-7, requiring venipuncture Exclusion Criteria: * Emergent procedure * Allergy to lidocaine or sodium lauryl sulfate

Locations (1)

CT Children's Medical Center

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

pain associated with venipuncture

Secondary Outcomes

safety

skin effects

tolerability

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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