Paracervical Block Versus No Paracervical Block During IUD Insertion

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2017-10-09
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the pain level and level of discomfort with paracervical block versus no analgesia in women who present to the University of Texas (UT) Physicians Obstetrics and Gynecology Continuity Clinic, The UT Physicians Women's Center, and the UT Physicians Women's Center- Bellaire for IUD insertion.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
• Treatments: Lidocaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women of reproductive age who present for an IUD insertion procedure at the University of Texas Physicians Obstetrics and Gynecology Continuity Clinic, The UT Physicians Women's Center, and the UT Physicians Women's Center- Bellaire for IUD insertion.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women with current pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)

• Women who are not good candidates for an IUD

• Patients who have a Lidocaine allergy