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Do Adults Feel Less Pain During IV Insertion with EMLA Cream or Lidocaine Dressing? A Study to Compare Both Methods

Comparison of pain perception during intravenous cannulation between EMLA cream and Lidocaine HCL padded dressing in adult patients: A prospective observational study - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/07/091087
Enrollment
114
Registered
2025-07-17
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-07-21

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Nil: Nil Intervention2: Nil: Nil Control Intervention1: EMLA cream: Emla cream is a mixture of 2 local anesthetics lidocaine 2.5% and prilocaine 2.5%. These two ingredients work togethe

Sponsors

Sameeksha K Suvarna
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Participants of all gender aged between 19-60 years 2. Patients requiring intravenous cannulation 3. Only participants with American society of anesthesiologist physical status 1 and 2 are included 4. Patients undergoing elective surgery

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who are unwilling or opposed 2. Coagulopathy or bleeding disorders 3. A history of allergic reactions to anesthetics

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To evaluate the pain intensity experienced by adult patients during intravenous cannulation after application of EMLA CreamTimepoint: done in ward and pre-operative setting applied and kept for 30 minutes and after cannulation pain scales are assesed—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
o evaluate the pain intensity experienced by adult patients during intravenous cannulation after application of Lidocaine HCLTimepoint: done in ward and pre-operative setting applied and kept for 30 minutes and after cannulation pain scales are assessed;To compare the pain intensity experienced by adult during intravenous cannulation after application of either EMLA cream or Lidocaine HCL padded dressingTimepoint: After cannulation and after taking VAS and VDS scale will compare takes less than 5 minutes—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Nikin Thampi

Yenepoya Medical College hospital

drnikin@gmail.com9447744588

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026