Vapocoolant (Pain Ease Medium Stream) for Intravenous Lines in Emergency Department Patients

NCT01670487 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

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Summary

To determine the efficacy and safety of vapocoolant stream (Pain Ease Medium Stream ) in decreasing the pain of intravenous cannulation.

To compare vapocoolant stream (Pain Ease medium Stream) with control (e.g. sterile water) stream.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Vapocoolant

Topical stream of 4 to 10 seconds duration to skin

DEVICE

Sterile water

Topical intervention of sterile water stream 4 to 10 seconds to skin.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Gebauer Company

    collaborator NETWORK
  • The Cleveland Clinic

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sharon E. Mace, M.D. · The Cleveland Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-10-31
Primary Completion
2014-11-30
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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