Comparison of Two Lidocaine Administration Techniques

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Pain

In brief

The objective of our study is to determine if technique of lidocaine administration can decrease pain perception. Hypothesis: There will be a significant difference in pain perception between patients who are given lidocaine on the skin surface prior to subcutaneous injection and patients who are given only subcutaneous injection by standard approach.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01330134

Run by

University of Chicago

People needed

481

Starts

2011-02-01

Expected to finish

2015-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-07-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adult patients refered to the University of Chicago Medical Centers Procedure Service for a planned medical procedure requiring local injection of lidocaine.

You may not qualify if…

• Patient who lack decisional capacity to consent
• Patients who lack the ability to answer questions in english using pain scales

Where it is running

• The University of Chicago Medical Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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