Overview

Needle-Free Jet Injection of Lidocaine During Lumbar Puncture

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2010-06-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
Background: The J-Tip Device allows an intradermal needle-free jet injection of 1% buffered lidocaine. This study compares needle-free jet injection of lidocaine to saline in reducing pain prior to lumbar puncture in infants. Methods: Randomized, double-blinded, placebo controlled trial involving infants, less than 3 months of age, presenting to the emergency department meeting clinical criteria for a lumbar puncture. All patients were administered the J-tip and randomized to either treatment with 1% lidocaine or an equivalent amount of sterile normal saline prior to lumbar puncture.
Phase:
N/A
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Phoenix Children's Hospital
Treatments:
Lidocaine
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- fever in infants less than 3 months

Exclusion Criteria:

- toxic appearance, altered level of consciousness, age greater than 3 months or less
than 4kg of weight