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Patient Assessment of Topical Anesthetic Effectiveness for Intravitreal Injections

NCT01027611 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2010-05-04

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Summary

There are currently several different commercially available topical eye drops and gels used to reduce eye discomfort (topical anesthetics) during and after eye injections. Dr. Pollack is performing a research study to evaluate three commercially available topical anesthetics (eye numbing treatments) to determine if individuals have a preference for one over the other. The three topical anesthetics being studied are 1) 0.5% proparacaine hydrochloride (generic, Akorn, Inc), 2) 0.5% proparacaine hydrochloride (generic, Akorn, Inc) PLUS 4% lidocaine hydrochloride topical solution (generic, Roxane Laboratories), and 3) 3.5% lidocaine hydrochloride ophthalmic gel (Akten, Akorn, Inc). These eye anesthetics are NOT experimental medications. They are all commercially available topical anesthetics currently used in our offices and their use is widespread among retina specialists throughout the United States. Dr. Pollack will randomly select one topical anesthetic to use and he will ask you to grade your level of pain associated with the injection procedure. Answering these questions should take less than one minute of your time and your identity will NOT be revealed with the results of this study. The results of this study will be used to inform doctors which eye anesthetics patients find most effective for pain control during eye injections.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

proparacaine HCL 0.5%

DRUG

proparacaine HCL 0.5% + 4% lidocaine solution

DRUG

3.5% viscous lidocaine gel

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Illinois Retina Associates

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • John S. Pollack, MD · Illinois Retina Associates

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-10-31
Primary Completion
2009-11-30
Completion
2009-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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