Comparative Efficacy of 20% Benzocaine Versus TAC Alternate Gel

Status unconfirmed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Dental Pain, Postoperative Pain

In brief

The project is a study comparing the effectiveness of two topical anesthetics for control of pain associated with dental needle insertion in the palatal mucosa. A standard dental topical anesthetic (20% benzocaine) will serve as an "active" control and will be compared to a combination topical anesthetic, consisting of 20% lidocaine, 4% tetracaine and 2% phenylephrine (TAC Alternate Gel, Compounding Arts Pharmacy, Lafayette, LA).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00846690

Run by

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

People needed

20

Starts

2009-01-01

Expected to finish

2009-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-02-19

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Volunteers 18 years or older
• Ability to consent to participate in the research
• Ability to communicate a VAS score
• Generally healthy, ASA I and ASA II
• No known drug allergies
• Ability to tolerate pulse oximeter and blood pressure cuff without psychological, or physiological consequence

You may not qualify if…

• Allergy or other contraindications to the topical anesthetics
• Inability to consent to participation in the study
• Use of analgesics prior to the procedure
• Vulnerable populations

Where it is running

• UT Pediatric Dentistry Clinic Houston Medical Center — 6655 Travis Suite 460, Texas, United States (enrolling)

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