Patients receiving nutritional emulsion for at least 3 days will be treated with Hirudoid cream or placebo cream to prevent and treat phlebitis caused by the infusion. The treatment is continued after the end of infusion for at least 7 days. Number of patients developing superficial phlebitis and duration of phlebitis will be recorded.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
144
Siriraj Hospital
Bangkok, Thailand
Chulalongkorn Hospital
Bangkok, Thailand
Rajvithi Hospital
Bangkok, Thailand
Bamrasnaradua Infectious Diseases Institute
Nonthaburi, Thailand
Number of patient developing superficial thrombophlebitis
Time frame: 7 days
Time to develop infusion related superficial thrombophlebitis
Time frame: 7 days
Change of clinical symptoms in patients who developed superficial thrombophlebitis
Pain score (10-point visual analogue score) Extent of erythema
Time frame: 14 days
Time to complete resolution of signs and symptoms in patients who developed superficial thrombophlebitis
Time frame: 14 days
Investigators' satisfaction
4-point rating scale
Time frame: 14 days
Patient' satisfaction
4-point rating scale
Time frame: 14 days
Number of adverse events
Number of any adverse events and adverse drug reactions including their severity experienced by the patients during the course of therapy
Time frame: 14 days
Global tolerability
Rating of tolerance by investigator and patients using targeted questionnaire 4-point scale (very good, good, moderate, no change or deterioration) at the end of the study
Time frame: 14 days
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