Needle-Free Jet Injection of Lidocaine During Lumbar Puncture
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2010-06-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
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.