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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00267111
Date of registration: 15/12/2005
Primary sponsor: Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada
Public title: Topical Amethocaine Gel for Intramuscular Injection in Term Neonates
Scientific title: Local Anaesthesia [Topical Amethocaine Gel (Ametop)] for Intramuscular Injection in Term Neonates: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Date of first enrolment: July 2003
Target sample size: 110
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00267111
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:   Vibhuti S Shah, MD, FRCPC
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Term neonates > 37 weeks and

2. Birth weight > 2500 grams (appropriate for gestational age - AGA) -

Exclusion Criteria:

1.Neonates with major congenital anomalies 2.Neonates with known neurological
abnormalities (antenatally diagnosed) 3.Neonates who require admission to the neonatal
intensive care unit at birth

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Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pain
Intervention(s)
Drug: Amethocaine gel 4%
Drug: Eucerin plus
Primary Outcome(s)
Pain Scores Assessed by Neonatal Facial Action [Time Frame: For the purpose of analysis IM injection procedure was divided into 4 phases: baseline , cleansing, injection and recovery phases.. For each phase facial actions were scored for the first 20 seconds or less if the phase lasted < 20 seconds.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Visual Analogue Scale [Time Frame: During the entire procedure]
Secondary ID(s)
00267111
01-0086-E
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Striving for Excellence Fund, Mount Sinai Hospital
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