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Clinical Trials/CTRI/2025/09/094853
CTRI/2025/09/094853
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Clinical efficacy of external cold and vibrating device in decreasing pain in children undergoing venipuncture in paediatric hospital

inira gandhi institute of child health1 site in 1 country72 target enrollmentStarted: October 1, 2025Last updated:

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Not yet recruiting
Sponsor
inira gandhi institute of child health
Enrollment
72
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
To evaluate efficacy of external cold and vibrating device in decreasing pain during venipuncturr compared to standard care in tge age group of 3 to 12 yearts admitted in paediatric surgical wards as assessed by modified wong baker scale and numerical rating scales of pain.

Overview

Brief Summary

Dear sir or madam

This is a study titled Clinical efficacy of external cold and vibrating device in decreasing pain in children undergoing venipuncture in a paediatric hospital

Needle prick procedures like IV cannulation and venipunctures are essential for diagnosis and treatment for children in hospitals but at the same time most distressful events and this can impact children both emotionally and pscycologically

In this study we use an external cold and vibrating device versus standard hospital care for needle pricks like venipuncture to asses how useful is this device in reduction of pain compared to standard care like distraction while needle pricks

We include children between 3 to 12 years with at least one caregiver and exclude all the children with critical illnesses including bleeding disorders or neuropathy

primary outcome is to evaluate efficacy of the device in reduction of pain as assessed by pain scores and secondary outcomes are to assess acceptance of the device with appropriate likert questionnaire and to assess the level of anxiety of children undergoing venipuncture using children fear scale

randomised active parellel study which is open label

randomisation will be done by computer generated  envelopes

sample size was calculated by a pilot study and the sample size is 72 with 36 in each group

ethical committee approval is attatched in this application

kindly do the needful

thank you

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Masking
None

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
3.00 Year(s) to 12.00 Year(s) (—)
Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • presence of atleast one parent/ care giver.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Cghildren with significant altered emotional state, cognitive dysfunction, who refuse to wear device, with bleeding disorders, with neuropathy/ nerve damage, who are critically ill/ unstable.
  • absence of atleast one parent or caregiver, lack of parental consent.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

To evaluate efficacy of external cold and vibrating device in decreasing pain during venipuncturr compared to standard care in tge age group of 3 to 12 yearts admitted in paediatric surgical wards as assessed by modified wong baker scale and numerical rating scales of pain.

Time Frame: During or immidiately after the procedure, once only.

Secondary Outcomes

  • To assess the acceptance of the device using appropriate likert questionnaire(and to assess the level of anxiety in children undergoing cannulation using children fear scale)

Investigators

Sponsor
inira gandhi institute of child health
Sponsor Class
Research institution and hospital
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Dr Sharadha M

indira gandhi institute of child health, bengaluru

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