Procedural Pain Relief
Conditions
Keywords
Ralydan, EMLA cream, Procedural pain, Phlebotomy, Child
Brief summary
Needle-related procedures are among the most common sources of pain and distress for children in the health care setting. More than 50% of children reported pain during these procedures. The necessity for pain management during these procedures is well established. Topical anesthesia has been shown to be effective in managing needle-related pain. Eutectic mixture of local anaesthetic (EMLA) cream is the topical anesthetic most used. The application of this mixture of lidocaine and prilocaine reduce pain during needle procedures in children. To be effective EMLA cream must be applied for at least 60 minutes before needle procedure. This is the major limitation for its use in emergency settings. Ralydan patch is a drug delivery system designed to release local anaesthetics (lidocaine and tetracaine) through the skin. There is evidence of pain relief after 30 minutes from its application. Only one randomized controlled trial compared the two topical anaesthetics in children during venipuncture and showed that Ralydan patch led to superior analgesia than EMLA cream, even if in this study the two anaesthetics were applied only for 35 minutes before needle procedure. No differences were found in success rate of the procedure and vein visibility. In adult patients, Ralydan and EMLA were equally effective in pain relief after 60 minutes from application. To the best of the investigators' knowledge there is no published study that compared needle procedure success rate in children and pain relief effectiveness of lidocaine/tetracaine patch and lidocaine/prilocaine cream, at time of their maximum analgesic effect. The aim of this study is to compare Ralydan patch and EMLA cream at time of their maximum analgesic effect (30 minutes vs 60 minutes), regard to needle procedure success rate at the first attempt and pain relief in children.
Interventions
DRUGLidocaine/Prilocaine cream
Sponsors
IRCCS Burlo Garofolo
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
3 Years to 10 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age 3 to 10 years * Need for peripheral IV line or venipuncture * Informed consent signed by parents or legal guardians
Exclusion criteria
* Need for emergency care * Known allergy or sensitivity to local anesthetics
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Success at the first attempt | Intraoperative | Percentage of success at first attempt |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pain score | Intraoperative | The pain during the procedure will be evaluate using pain rating scale appropriate for age |
| Adverse events | Up to 15 minutes after the procedure | The number and the type of adverse events will be recorded |
Countries
Italy
Outcome results
None listed