Clinical trialNCT01541293CompletedPhase 1Interventional

Intrauterine Lidocaine for Laminaria

SponsorUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel HillEnrollment72Abortion, InducedPain Management

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Summary

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This is a study to investigate whether instilling a small amount of liquid lidocaine into the uterus will decrease pain felt by women during laminaria insertions done for cervical dilation prior to second trimester abortion. The investigators hypothesize that women who receive intrauterine lidocaine in addition to a paracervical block will experience less pain than women who receive only a paracervical block.

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Investigators

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Rebecca J Mercier, MD MPH
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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Drugs studied

The drug and biological interventions registered on this study, normalized to their RxNorm ingredient where possible.

Lidocaine →Normal Saline

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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 30 Sept 2012
Primary completion: 31 Oct 2013
Completion: 31 Oct 2013
Last update posted: 14 May 2014
Registered enrollment: 72
Registry id: NCT01541293

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