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Local Anaesthetic for Transvaginal Egg Collection in IVF

NCT00554424 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 75

Last updated 2007-11-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to see whether injecting local anaesthetic into the vaginal tissues,just prior to transvaginal egg collection,will decrease the amount of pain experienced by women having their eggs collected on an IVF cycle. All women will also receive intravenous sedation as required as well as a sleeping tablet thirty minutes prior to the procedure which is our routine procedure for egg collection.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

lignocaine

20 mls of 1% lignocaine solution for injection, 10mls into each side of upper vagina, under ultrasound guidance immediately prior to transvaginal oocyte retrieval under ultrasound guidance from each ovary

DRUG

normal saline

20mls of normal saline solution, 10mls injected each side into upper vagina under ultrasound guidance, immediately prior to ultrasound guided transvaginal oocyte retrieval from each ovary

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Fertility Centre, New Zealand

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sarah A Wakeman, FRANZCOG · The Fertility Centre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-03-31
Completion
2002-07-31

Countries

  • New Zealand

Study Locations

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