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Conditions
Brief summary
This study focuses on the pain experienced by 2 month old infants when receiving their routine immunisations. We are testing whether a small amount of glucose solution administered onto the infant's tongue just prior to receiving the immunisation injection is able to decrease the amount of pain the infant experiences. We will compare the pain responses of infants receiving the glucose solution with those receiving water just prior to their immunisation injection.
Interventions
2 mls of 25% glucose administered orally immediately prior to immunisation injection
Sponsors
University of Technology Sydney
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
7 Weeks to 9 Weeks
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Healthy full-term infants Attending child health clinics in Irbid city in Jordan, for routine 2 month immunisation
Exclusion criteria
Born Preterm (<34 completed weeks); Experienced any prior surgery or illness (eg. circumcision); Unwell for any reason eg fever >37.8C; complaining of any signs or symptoms of infectious disease (eg tonsillitis); Have had a severe reaction to a prior immunisation; Have had a severe reaction after eating eggs; Have had convulsions in the past or any other neurological disorders; have had or are having treatment for cancer; have had pain killers in the previous 24 hours; Have any illness which affects the immune system, Are taking any medicine that affects the immune system eg, immunosuppresants or high dose sterioids - these are all the National Immunisation Recommended eligibility criteria for infants undergoing immunisation in Jordan.
Outcome results
None listed