Overview

Needle-Free Jet Injection of Lidocaine During Lumbar Puncture

Status:
Completed

Trial end date:
2010-06-01

Target enrollment:
0

Participant gender:
All

Summary

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.

Phase:

N/A

Accepts Healthy Volunteers?

Details

Lead Sponsor:

Phoenix Children's Hospital

Treatments:

Lidocaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- fever in infants less than 3 months

Exclusion Criteria:

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