Painless Local Anaesthesia With Bicarbonate Admixture

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2017-10-18
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study examines whether the injection of local anesthesia mixed with sodium bicarbonate in the ratio of 3:1 creates a less burning sensation and is as effective regarding the anesthetic effect as in the ratio of 9:1.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Zurich
• Treatments: Lidocaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• healthy male or female individuals between 18 and 75 years

• able to understand and speak German

• able to follow the instructions

Exclusion criteria:

• oversensitivity to lidocaine or other local anesthetics of amide type or sulfites

• prone to bleeding, intake of aspirine or anticoagulation

• pregnancy

• skin on forearms with lesions (i.e. sunburn, wounds, eczema or other skin diseases)

• previous participation at the same study