Using Lignocaine Spray and Gel to Reduce the Pain Associated With Nasogastric Tube Insertion in Children
Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
2011-03-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Nasogastric tube insertion is one of the most common invasive procedures performed in
children's hospitals, and has long been recognised as one of the most traumatic and painful.
As a once off procedure, a nasogastric tube insertion is extremely distressing but the
repeated procedures that many children endure as a necessary part of treatment for a chronic
disease can be so traumatic that psychological damage may occur. There have been a limited
number of studies carried out which have looked at methods to reduce the pain and trauma
associated with this procedure, but most of these have been carried out in the adult
population.
The investigators propose to carry out a research project in a paediatric setting to
definitively investigate the use of local anaesthetic spray, in combination with local
anaesthetic gel, to numb the nasal passages and the back of the throat, with the aim of
reducing or removing the unpleasant sensation of the nasogastric tube placement. If the study
shows a benefit from the use of local anaesthetics, it would be an inexpensive and easily
incorporated intervention that could be inserted into the routine procedure for nasogastric
tube insertion.
Phase:
N/A
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute The University of Queensland