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Comfort Comparison of Intravitreal Injection Eyelid Retraction Techniques

NCT04144985 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 99

Last updated 2019-10-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study evaluated the discomfort associated with eyelid retraction during intravitreal injections. Participants had eyelid retraction with one of three methods: eyelid speculum, unimanual eyelid retraction method or with a cotton tipped applicator eyelid retraction technique. All participants were given a pain survey immediately after the injection to evaluate their discomfort level.

Conditions

  • Intravitreal Injection
  • Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Visual analog scale (VAS) of pain to evaluate the discomfort participants experience.

Eyelid retraction was performed with one of the three methods (eyelid speculum, unimanual eyelid retraction or cotton tipped applicator assisted eyelid retraction) and participants were then asked to rate their discomfort during the procedure with a visual analog scale (VAS) of pain.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joseph J Raevis, MD · Kings County Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-10-01
Primary Completion
2018-03-31
Completion
2018-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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