Efficacy of Ametop Cream in Reducing Pain of Local Anesthetic Infiltration

Phase 1

Completed

• Conditions: Pain
• Interventions: Drug: Ametop cream

• Registration Number: NCT01864213
• Lead Sponsor: University of British Columbia

Brief Summary

Ametop is a numbing cream used to ease the pain of having blood drawn or an IV inserted. It is safe and virtually none enters the blood stream. It's effectiveness at reducing the pain of the freezing injection prior to epidural/ spinal anesthesia in pregnant women has not been studied.

Detailed Description

We propose to randomize 70 women to have either the numbing cream or a similar looking moisturizing cream placed on their lower back before their anesthetic. They will rate the discomfort of the freezing injection allowing us to compare the two groups and determine if the numbing cream is effective.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-05
• Study First Submitted: 2013-05-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-05-23
• Study First Posted: 2013-05-29
• Primary Completion: 2013-10
• Study Completion: 2013-10
• Status Verified: 2013-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-12-10
• Last Update Posted: 2013-12-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 78

Inclusion Criteria

• Any pregnant subject undergoing an elective procedure under neuraxial anesthesia.

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Exclusion Criteria

• Any contraindication to neuraxial anesthesia
• Subjects in labour

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Ametop cream	Ametop cream	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain score	Within 5 minutes of spinal	Patient will be asked to give a pain score

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

BC Women's Hospital; 🇨🇦 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada