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Glucose 25% and sucking gloved finger for pain relief of premature newborns during capillary glucose by heel prick

Glucose 25% and nonnutritive sucking for pain relief in premature undergoing heel lance: a clinical trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-3gm6w5
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2014-10-02
Start date
2014-01-30
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

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Conditions

PAIN

Interventions

Crossover study with 40 premature newborns and active treatment (glucose 25%, sucking gloved finger, glucose 25% + sucking gloved finger). Each premature newborn will be assessed individually for 3 co
Other

Sponsors

Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Lead Sponsor
Maternidade Escola da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
6 Hours to 5 Days

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Prematures with gestational age at birth between 29 and 36 weeks complete; age after birth more than 06 hours; apgar score at five minutes of 7 or more; clinical stability with physiologic parameters at heart rate between 120 to 160 and oxygen saturation more than 89%; antecipated clinical need for at least 3 routine heel stick to control blood glucose after six hours post birth

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Ventilatory assistance; intraventricular hemorrhage(grades III and IV)or leukomalacia; cromossomal disorders or malformations affecting central nervous system; disorders affecting cardiovascular system, presence of necrotizing intestinal colitis or hyperglycemia; use of opioids, corticosteroids, or other drugs that interfere with the responses to pain, children of mothers who use illegal drugs, trauma from childbirth as skin lesions, fractures, intracranial hemorrhage, visceral ruptures

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Pain score obtained by Premature Infant Pain Profile (PIPP)during five minutes. The score will be performed in blocks of 30 seconds. Expected scores lower than 7 because the use of interventions to pain relif

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Maintenance of heart rate and oxygen saturation in normal levels , reduce time of facial activity and crying

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactAna Silveira

Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

analudorneles@gmail.com5521981846543

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 16, 2026