4% Intrauterine Lidocaine Infusion for Pain Management in First Trimester Abortions

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pain

In brief

Recent studies have investigated the use of local anesthetics (i.e. lidocaine, mepivacaine) to lessen the pain experienced with minor gynecologic procedures such as endometrial biopsy and office hysteroscopy. Local anesthetic injected into the uterine cavity has been demonstrated effective in some studies at decreasing patient pain associated with these intrauterine procedures at an anesthetic concentration of at least 2%. Based on this evidence, we hypothesized that an intrauterine lidocaine infusion may reduce patient pain during first trimester abortions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00121329

Run by

Oregon Health and Science University

People needed

80

Expected to finish

2004-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2005-07-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age > 18 years old
• Good general health
• English speaking
• Confirmation of gestational age by ultrasound
• Body weight > 100 lbs.
• Pregnancy < 11 weeks

Where it is running

• Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette — Portland, Oregon, United States

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