Comparison of Patient Comfort After Two Anesthetic Protocols for Injections Into the Eye

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2011-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Patient comfort during and after eye injections will be compared after two numbing (anesthetic) protocols, an eye preparation utilizing three cotton swabs soaked in 4% lidocaine drops versus a preparation using 3.5% lidocaine hydrochloride ophthalmic gel.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Miami VA Healthcare System
• Collaborators: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute; University of Miami
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Lidocaine; Proxymetacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Has required repeat Ranibizumab injections and has had at least 3 injections prior to recruitment

• Informed consent

• Age ≥ 18 years

• Clinical need for a therapeutic ranibizumab intravitreal injection regardless of the medical indication

• Able to understand and read English

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnancy (positive pregnancy test)

• Mental disability

• Prisoners

• Patients with fluctuating or impaired decision-making capacity

• Inability to comply with study or follow-up procedures

• Previous reaction to the same drug class