Lidocaine Patches Prior to Intravenous Insertion

Completed · Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Need for Intravenous Catheter

In brief

This study will determine whether application of a patch containing a topical anesthetic (numbing medicine) named lidocaine can reduce the pain of subsequent insertion of an intravenous catheter in Emergency Department patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00552695

Run by

Stony Brook University

People needed

45

Starts

2007-08-01

Expected to finish

2008-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-10-22

Who can join

Age: 3 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age greater than or equal to 3,
• Need for non-emergent intravenous catheter

You may not qualify if…

• Unstable patients,
• Allergy to lidocaine or tetracaine

Where it is running

• Stony Brook University Hospital — Stony Brook, New York, United States

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