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Use of Pain Medicine to reduce pain during vaccination

Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effect of Lignocaine Prilocaine Topical Cream in Breastfed Infants for Reducing Pain during Pentavalent Vaccination in Ambulatory setting - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2026/07/113572
Enrollment
51
Registered
2026-07-07
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Lignocaine Prilocaine topical cream: Application of lignocaine prilocaine topical cream over one minute at the injection site 15 minutes prior to vaccination Infant will begin breastfee

Sponsors

Somashekhar Nimbalkar
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Infants whose mothers are willing to breastfeed during the procedure

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Infants with acute illness or fever Infants with contraindication to breastfeeding Infants with known allergy to lignocaine or prilocaine Infants who received any analgesic medication 24 hrs prior to vaccination Infants with neurological or developmental disorders affecting pain response

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Pain score measured using the Neonatal Infant Pain ScaleTimepoint: Pain score measured using the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale at Baseline, during procedure, at end of procedure and at 5 minutes

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Maternal satisfaction using a 5-point Likert scaleTimepoint: Recorded 5 minutes after the procedure

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSuvechchha Maity

AIIMS Deoghar

somu_somu@yahoo.com9825087842

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 10, 2026