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Arterial Puncture Using Insulin Syringe is Less Painful Than Standard Syringe

NCT01996189 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2013-11-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The primary objective is to compare the difference in the pain score in radial arterial puncture using the insulin needle versus the standard 23G hypodermic needle.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Standard needle BBraun Sterican® 23G and 25mm in length

Arterial puncture using the hypodermic needle (BBraun Sterican® 23G and 25mm in length) attached to a 3 ml syringe.

DEVICE

Insulin

Arterial puncture using the insulin syringe (Terumo®- 0.5 ml with attached needle 29G and 13mm in length)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National University Hospital, Singapore

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Irwani Ibrahim, MBBS · National Unversity Health Systems

  • Yau Ying Wei, MBBS · National University Health Systems

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-05-31
Primary Completion
2013-03-31
Completion
2013-03-31

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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Diseases

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