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Use of Local Warming in Children Venipuncture

NCT01543009 · Status: SUSPENDED · Phase: EARLY_PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 72

Last updated 2015-10-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this study is to determine if local application of heat increases the probability of insertion of peripheral venous catheter at the first attempt, reduces the time needed to obtain cannulation and maintains the analgesic effect of Emla in children undergoing peripheral venous cannulation and previously treated with local analgesia with Emla.

Conditions

  • Phobia Phlebotomy

Interventions

OTHER

Emla + Local Warming

In this arm Emla is applied 60 minutes before the procedure and then the site of venepuncture is warmed by an electric heating sand pad at the temperature of 40°C for 5 minutes before performing cannulation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Florence

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Filippo Festini, RN, BA, BSN, MSN · University of Florence

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
13 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-03-31
Primary Completion
2015-10-31
Completion
2016-10-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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