The purpose of this study is to assess if Pain Ease vapocoolant spray decreases pain associated with lidocaine injection during Nexplanon insertion procedures.
This study will be for patients in the office having a Nexplanon (etonogestrel implant) insertion. The doctor in clinic will evaluate if a patient meets eligibility criteria for this study. If the patient meets eligibility criteria, the doctor will inform the patient of the study and the potential risks. If patients elect to participate, a research coordinator will obtain written informed consent. The patient will be randomized (patient is blinded) to receive either Pain Ease vapocoolant spray or placebo (normal saline) spray. They will receive the spray just before lidocaine injection during the Nexplanon insertion procedure. The purpose of the study is to see if Pain Ease vapocoolant spray reduces patient pain during lidocaine injection for Nexplanon insertion.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
70
Pain Ease will be used per manufacturer instruction, applying the spray for 5 seconds or until the skin turns white, whichever occurs first.
Nature's Tears will be applied to the arm as a placebo spray
Queens Medical Center POB 2 Suite 402
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
RECRUITINGQueens Medical Center POB1 Clinic 1004
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
RECRUITINGWomen's Center Queen's North Hawai'i Community Hospital Suite #124 and #120
Waimea, Hawaii, United States
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPain with lidocaine injection
The investigators will ask patients to rate their pain with lidocaine injection that precedes Nexplanon insertion using a visual analog scale (VAS). The visual analog scale is a 100 mm line, with values 0 to 100. 0 is marked as no pain and 100 is marked as worst pain.
Time frame: Immediately after lidocaine injection
Patient satisfaction
Patients will be asked about their satisfaction with pain control for the procedure and satisfaction for the procedure overall using a survey with 5 options, including very unsatisfied, unsatisfied, neutral, satisfied, and very satisfied.
Time frame: Immediately after procedure
Pain Reduction with Remainder of Procedure
Participants will be asked to rate their pain using a visual analog scale (VAS) in regard to pain when the implant was inserted. The visual analog scale is a 100 mm line, with values 0 to 100. 0 is marked as no pain and 100 is marked as worst pain.They will also be asked about their pain for the procedure overall using a Likert scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (severe pain).
Time frame: Immediately after the procedure
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