A Distraction Protocol for Peripheral Intravenous (IV) Placement in the Pediatric Emergency Department
Stopped early · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Pain
In brief
This is a randomized, controlled trial of a distraction protocol for peripheral intravenous line placement in the pediatric emergency department. Patients and parents will be randomized to one of two interventions: routine care or a teaching session about the cognitive technique known as distraction. The study seeks to enroll children ages 4-9, who are cognitively normal, who are without significant chronic medical illness, who are receiving intravenous line placement as part of routine care in the pediatric emergency department. Study investigators hypothesize that patients in the intervention group will report less pain than patients in the control group.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00924417
- Run by
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
- People needed
- 55
- Starts
- 2009-01-01
- Expected to finish
- 2010-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-11-20
Who can join
Age: 4 and older, up to 9. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Ages 4 - 9
- Requiring IV placement for medical care in emergency department
- Child cognitively normal
You may not qualify if…
- No significant chronic medical conditions
- No IV in past 3 years
Where it is running
- Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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