Skin Blood Flow Changes Using Laser Doppler Imager for Assessment of Pain and Analgesia in Newborn Infants

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Procedural Pain

In brief

The purpose of this study is to assess whether an instrument, the Laser Doppler Imager, is able to measure the effect of pain related changes in skin blood flow in newborn infants. The study will also determine whether the use of sucrose (sugar water) when given by mouth has any effect on pain related skin blood flow changes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00694174

Run by

Children's Hospital of Michigan

People needed

56

Starts

2005-09-01

Expected to finish

2007-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-06-10

Who can join

Age: 0 and older, up to 0. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Informed consent from parent or legal guardian.
• Term, newborn infant, between 1 and 7 days of age.
• Appropriate for gestational age (weight 5th through 95th percentile).

You may not qualify if…

• Small or large for gestational age (weight<5th or >95th percentile).
• Physical or biochemical abnormalities.
• History of maternal drug dependence.
• Apgar score <7 at 5 minutes.
• Current use of analgesics.

Where it is running

• Hutzel Women's University Hospital, The Detroit Medical Center — Detroit, Michigan, United States

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