Is pain and anxiety from finger-pricks reduced by topical amethocaine

Is pain and anxiety from finger-pricks reduced by topical amethocaine in subjects requiring blood tests

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12608000612314

Enrollment

Registered

2008-12-05

Start date

2001-04-05

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Finger prick blood tests are a widely accepted method of small blood volume collection. Blood collection via finger prick is painful. A reduction in pain and anxiety from finger prick may assist subjects who require numerous procedures. The aim of this study is to assess whether amethocaine reduces the pain and anxiety of finger prick blood sampling

Interventions

This is a crossover study. All subjects had one fingerprick without gel to obtain baseline score for pain and how scared they were. They were then randomly allocated to receive either amethocaine 4% gel or placebo prior to the next finger prick. From 1 day to 1 month later they experienced the alternative treatment prior to the third finger prick.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Crossover

Primary purpose

Educational / counselling / training

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

5 Years to 18 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Eligible subjects with leukaemia and solid organ tumours minimum age 5 years maximum age 18years

Exclusion criteria

unable to speak english

Outcome results