The Value of Standardized Respiratory Rate Monitoring Exercises During Rheumatological Injection Procedures
Recruiting now · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Rheumatological Injection, Pain Management, Respiratory Monitoring
In brief
The goal of this clinical trial is to demonstrate the non-inferiority of standardized breathing control exercises on perceived pain during rheumatological injections procedures compared to standard care consisting of the addition of a local anesthetic. The study population will consist of patients scheduled to undergo therapeutic ultrasound-guided joint or periarticular injection. The main question it aims to answer is: * Non-inferiority of breathing exercises compared to the addition of local anesthetic on pain and anxiety experienced during an infiltration procedure. * Correlation between the reduction in pain and anxiety experienced during a procedure and the cardiac coherence score obtained. Researchers will compare the anesthesia group (Arm A), which will receive local anesthesia with 5 cc of lidocaine before the infiltration procedure to the breathing group (Arm B), which will receive instructions before the injection procedure on how to perform 5-minute breathing cycles to facilitate the achievement of cardiac coherence to see if the pain perceived in Arm B is not greater than the pain perceived in Arm A. Participants will be kept blind to their randomization group. Arm A (anesthesia) will receive SHAM breathing exercises, while Arm B (breathing) will receive a placebo injection of anesthetic.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07172984
- Run by
- Centre Hospitalier Metropole Savoie
- People needed
- 136
- Starts
- 2025-09-19
- Expected to finish
- 2028-09-20
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-01-05
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patient scheduled to undergo therapeutic ultrasound-guided joint or periarticular injection.
- Patient able to sign an informed consent form to participate in the study
You may not qualify if…
- Patient able to sign an informed consent form to participate in the study - - Allergy to the injection product or anesthetic.
- Injection not allowing the use of a local anesthetic due to insufficient joint volume (e.g., fingers/toes).
- Epidural injection via the sacrococcygeal hiatus.
- Pregnant women
Where it is running
- Centre Hospitalier Métropole Savoie — Chambéry, France (enrolling)
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