Overview

Optimizing Patient Analgesic Experience During IVF

Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
2014-12-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
Female
Summary
This study is for patients undergoing In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). The investigators are studying the best way to control pain during the egg retrieval process. The egg retrieval involves passing a needle under ultrasound guidance through the vagina into the ovaries to remove eggs that are to be later fertilized. Patients often report this as very uncomfortable. Different fertility clinics across the country use different methods of pain control. All clinics will use intravenous medication to control pain, while some may or may not use local anaesthetic (freezing) in the vagina. Our goal is to find the best way to control pain. Since local anaesthetic injection involves multiple needle punctures and may be painful, the investigators are unsure if local anaesthetic is necessary in addition to the intravenous pain medication. The investigators will conduct a randomized trial where all patients will receive intravenous pain medication, but some will receive local anaesthetic injection and some will receive placebo injection. Patients will be asked to complete a questionnaire on their pain experience after oocyte retrieval. The investigators will then analyze the data and determine whether local anaesthetic actually improves pain when patients are already receiving intravenous pain medications. Through our study, the investigators aim to improve the pain experience of all women undergoing IVF in the future.
Phase:
N/A
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Details
Lead Sponsor:
University of Alberta
Treatments:
Analgesics
Lidocaine
Pharmaceutical Solutions
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Women undergoing oocyte retrieval who have consented to participation

- Only the first ART cycle will be included

Exclusion Criteria:

- History of drug sensitivity to local anaesthetic agents

- Women with any chronic pain syndrome