Topic Cervical Anesthesia for Pain Control During Endouterine Manual Aspiration

Topic Use of Lidocaine Gel Plus Paracervical Blockade vs. Paracervical Blockade Alone for Pain Control During Endouterine Manual Aspiration: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03397082

Enrollment

Registered

2018-01-11

Start date

2014-08-01

Completion date

2014-12-01

Last updated

2018-12-11

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Conditions

Pain

Keywords

Endouterine manual aspiration, Paracervical blockade, Lidocaine gel

Brief summary

To compare the effectiveness of lidocaine gel plus paracervical blockade vs. Paracervical blockade alone in the management of pain during endouterine manual aspiration.

Interventions

DRUGLidocaine gel

5mL of lidocaine gel applied topically to cervix previous to clamping and paracervical blockade.

DRUGPlacebo

5mL of sterile gel applied topically to cervix previous to clamping and paracervical blockade.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Need for a endouterine manual aspiration (incomplete abortion or gynecological bleeding).

Exclusion criteria

* Allergy to lidocaine.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Global evaluation of pain	5 minutes post procedure	Visual scale of pain evaluation

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Adverse reaction	5 minutes post procedure	Presence of adverse effects to the drug used (lidocaine gel)

Countries

Panama

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026