To determine the efficacy and safety of vapocoolant spray (Pain Ease Medium Stream) in decreasing the pain of venipuncture ("blood draw")
This is a prospective, randomized, blinded, comparator study. This study design is considered standard for establishing safety and efficacy data. Active treatment vapocoolant spray (Pain Ease Medium Stream) spray) will be used. There will be a placebo (sterile water) in this study. The population selected for this study, adults (excluding the very old, \> 80 years old) represents a patient population that may benefit from vapocoolant spray. This is a patient population that according to the treating health care provider already requires venipuncture for "blood draw" but not intravenous cannulation. Because venipuncture is a painful procedure, vapocoolant may confer benefit for the relief of pain.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
100
Topical stream 4-10 seconds duration to skin.
Topical stream 4-10 seconds duration to skin
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Pain Scale on Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) ( 0 to 10)
NRS scale: 0-10 ; No pain (0) - (5) moderate pain - Worst pain (10)
Time frame: Less than 10 minutes after stream application.
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