The purpose of this study is to identify whether or not the addition of a numbing medicine that is injected directly into the site of the bone marrow procedure can reduce pain and the use of opioid pain medication after bone marrow procedures. The addition of this medicine, called ropivacaine, is the experimental part of this study. This is the first time ropivacaine will be directly injected into the bone marrow site at MSKCC Pediatrics.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
56
Nurses will record patient-reported pain scores.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
Number of Participants Requiring Post-procedural Opioid Analgesia Per Study Arm
Number of participants requiring post-procedural opioid analgesia within 24 hours (+/- 4 hours) post procedure per study arm
Time frame: within 24 hours (+/- 4 hours) post procedure
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