Topic Cervical Anesthesia for Pain Control During Endouterine Manual Aspiration

Saint Thomas Hospital, Panama86 enrolled

Overview

To compare the effectiveness of lidocaine gel plus paracervical blockade vs. Paracervical blockade alone in the management of pain during endouterine manual aspiration.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Pain

Interventions

Lidocaine gelDRUG

5mL of lidocaine gel applied topically to cervix previous to clamping and paracervical blockade.

PlaceboDRUG

5mL of sterile gel applied topically to cervix previous to clamping and paracervical blockade.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALE

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Need for a endouterine manual aspiration (incomplete abortion or gynecological bleeding). Exclusion Criteria: * Allergy to lidocaine.

Locations (1)

Saint Thomas Maternity Hospital

Panama City, Panama

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Global evaluation of pain

Visual scale of pain evaluation

Time frame: 5 minutes post procedure

Secondary Outcomes

Adverse reaction

Presence of adverse effects to the drug used (lidocaine gel)

Time frame: 5 minutes post procedure

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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