Needle-Free Jet Injection of Lidocaine During Lumbar Puncture

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pain

In brief

Background: The J-Tip Device allows an intradermal needle-free jet injection of 1% buffered lidocaine. This study compares needle-free jet injection of lidocaine to saline in reducing pain prior to lumbar puncture in infants. Methods: Randomized, double-blinded, placebo controlled trial involving infants, less than 3 months of age, presenting to the emergency department meeting clinical criteria for a lumbar puncture. All patients were administered the J-tip and randomized to either treatment with 1% lidocaine or an equivalent amount of sterile normal saline prior to lumbar puncture.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01224431

Run by

Phoenix Children's Hospital

People needed

60

Starts

2009-06-01

Expected to finish

2010-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-10-23

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• fever in infants less than 3 months

You may not qualify if…

• toxic appearance, altered level of consciousness, age greater than 3 months or less than 4kg of weight

Where it is running

• Blake Bulloch/PhoenixChildren's Hospital — Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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