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Sucking and Sucrose as Pain Relief for Infants

Phase 4
Conditions
Pain
Interventions
Dietary Supplement: sucrose
Registration Number
NCT00805623
Lead Sponsor
Rabin Medical Center
Brief Summary

Sucking and sucrose have been shown to reduce pain during venous puncture in neonates. Our study is designed to see if sucking and sucrose relieve pain during venous puncture in infants age 3-12 months.

Detailed Description

100 infants age 3-12 months old without neurologic, developmental or cardio-respiratory impairment, needing venous puncture for IV access, or blood aspiration, will be randomly assigned to one of 2 groups - with or without pacifier. During the puncture, each patient with pacifier will receive either 1 cc of water or 1 cc of sucrose (the solutions prepared and marked blindly) . Each patient without pacifier 2 will receive 1 cc of water without pacifier,will receive either 1 cc of water or 1 cc of sucrose (the solutions prepared and marked blindly). FLACC pain score will be used for apin assessment before, during and after the puncture.Comparison of the four groups will be done after the end of the study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria
  • age 3-12 months
  • hospitalized in pediatric ward B
  • need venous puncture
Exclusion Criteria
  • neurological deficit
  • developmental delay
  • Cyanotic heart disease
  • symptomatic respiratory disease
  • known problematic venous access

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PSsucrosePacifier and sucrose interventional
ASsucrosesucrose without pacifier
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
reduced pain scoring10 minutes
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
better Parent's scoring to the child's behavior10 minutes

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel

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Petah Tikva, Israel

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