Efficacy of Ametop Cream in Reducing Pain of Local Anesthetic Infiltration

University of British Columbia78 enrolled

Overview

Ametop is a numbing cream used to ease the pain of having blood drawn or an IV inserted. It is safe and virtually none enters the blood stream. It's effectiveness at reducing the pain of the freezing injection prior to epidural/ spinal anesthesia in pregnant women has not been studied.

We propose to randomize 70 women to have either the numbing cream or a similar looking moisturizing cream placed on their lower back before their anesthetic. They will rate the discomfort of the freezing injection allowing us to compare the two groups and determine if the numbing cream is effective.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Pain

Interventions

Ametop creamDRUG

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 19 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Any pregnant subject undergoing an elective procedure under neuraxial anesthesia. Exclusion Criteria: * Any contraindication to neuraxial anesthesia * Subjects in labour

Locations (1)

BC Women's Hospital

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pain score

Patient will be asked to give a pain score

Time frame: Within 5 minutes of spinal

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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