Trial of an Oral Sucrose Solution Versus Placebo in Children 1 to 3 Months Old Needing Nasopharyngeal Aspiration
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2015-11-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Background: Early recognition and treatment of pain among children is important for their
cognitive development and their future response to pain throughout their life. Oral sweet
solutions have been accepted as effective pain reducing agents for procedures in the neonatal
population. To date, there have been a limited number of published clinical trials in an
emergency setting studying this type of intervention among infants undergoing venous puncture
and bladder catheterization. These studies have reported conflicting results. No previous
studies have evaluated the utilization of sucrose to manage pain during nasopharyngeal
aspiration.
Objective: To compare the efficacy of an oral sucrose solution versus placebo in reducing
pain in children one to three months of age during nasopharyngeal aspiration in the Emergency
Department.