A Comparison of Amethocaine Cream vs. Liposomal Lidocaine Cream for Venipuncture in Children.

• Status: Withdrawn
• Trial end date: 2006-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

All patients undergoing venepuncture or venous cannulation in pediatric emergency department will be treated with either Amethocaine, or Liposomal Lidocaine (4%) cream at the site of cannulation in order to determine the efficacy of these creams in controlling pain during procedures and to determine the success rate of these procedures.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Lawson Health Research Institute
• Treatments: Lidocaine; Tetracaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All children age who are visiting the paediatric emergency department and need for IV cannulation or blood workup as part of their management. The need for IV placement or blood drawing will be based on the clinical evaluation of the child by experienced triage nursing personnel.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Lack of parental agreement

• Broken skin

• Known sensitivity to Amethocaine or Liposomal Lidocaine cream.

• Children with critical illness requiring immediate cannulation (e.g., sepsis, severe dehydration, Trauma)

• Children who are already receiving opioid analgesia or topical anesthesia.

• Children who have already participated in the study.