Comparison of Two Application Techniques for LET Gel

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Lacerations, Pain, Procedural, LET

In brief

Comparison of anesthetic efficacy of Lidocaine (4%), Epinephrine (0.1%), and Tetracaine (0.5%) topical gel (LET) applied three times for 10 minutes each time vs. once for 30 minutes prior to suturing simple lacerations in children aged 7-17 years.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04203225

Run by

Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

People needed

48

Starts

2017-05-22

Expected to finish

2019-11-12

Last updated by the study team

2021-02-18

Who can join

Age: 7 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Simple <= 3cm lacerations requiring suturing (as decided by clinician care providers)
• Plan to suture with simple interrupted sutures

You may not qualify if…

• Lacerations involving the hands, feet, genitals, tongue, mucus membranes, nose, ears, or occurring over joints
• Patients whose primary language was neither English nor Spanish
• Developmentally delayed or disabled patient such that they were unable to give a pain score
• Patients requiring procedural sedation or anxiolysis with oral or intranasal midazolam

Where it is running

• Children's Hospital of Orange County — Orange, California, United States
• Harbor-UCLA Medical Center — Torrance, California, United States

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