Treatment Prior to Injection and Biopsy of the Vulva

Anesthesia Clinical Trial

Official title:

Treatment Prior to Injection and Biopsy of the Vulva

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03444727
• Other study ID #: 2010101
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 19, 2018
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: March 2022
• Source: University of Missouri-Columbia
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will compare pre-treatment with ice prior to injection of local anesthetic for vulvar biopsy to no pre-treatment and evaluate pain levels and patient satisfaction with the procedure.

Description:

To diagnose skin conditions of the vulva and determine appropriate treatment, a biopsy is often taken as an outpatient procedure. Prior to biopsy, the skin is cleansed and injected with a numbing solution. These injections can be quite painful in this sensitive area.

Ice has been used as topical anesthesia in a number of sites, including the cornea, the skin, and particularly in the mouth prior to anesthetic injections. However, there is no evidence for using ice anesthesia prior to injections of the vulvar tissues.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of using ice as pre-treatment prior to the injection of local anesthetic for vulvar biopsy.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 13
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Female

• 18 years of age or older

• Undergoing vulva biopsy during clinic visit

• Willing and able to comply with study protocol

• Able to understand and provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability to provide informed consent

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anesthesia
• Anesthesia, Local
• Vulvar Diseases

Intervention

Other:
• Ice Pre-treatment
Topical application of ice prior to local anesthetic injection.
• Room Temperature Water Pre-treatment
Topical application of room-temperature water prior to local anesthetic injection.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Missouri Ob/Gyn Associated	Columbia	Missouri

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Missouri-Columbia

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (10)

Bhadauria US, Dasar PL, Sandesh N, Mishra P, Godha S. Effect of injection site pre-cooling on pain perception in patients attending a dental camp at Life Line Express: a split mouth interventional study. Clujul Med. 2017;90(2):220-225. doi: 10.15386/cjmed-694. Epub 2017 Apr 25. — View Citation

Chan HH, Lam LK, Wong DS, Wei WI. Role of skin cooling in improving patient tolerability of Q-switched Alexandrite (QS Alex) laser in nevus of Ota treatment. Lasers Surg Med. 2003;32(2):148-51. — View Citation

Davoudi A, Rismanchian M, Akhavan A, Nosouhian S, Bajoghli F, Haghighat A, Arbabzadeh F, Samimi P, Fiez A, Shadmehr E, Tabari K, Jahadi S. A brief review on the efficacy of different possible and nonpharmacological techniques in eliminating discomfort of local anesthesia injection during dental procedures. Anesth Essays Res. 2016 Jan-Apr;10(1):13-6. doi: 10.4103/0259-1162.167846. Review. — View Citation

Dixit S, Lowe P, Fischer G, Lim A. Ice anaesthesia in procedural dermatology. Australas J Dermatol. 2013 Nov;54(4):273-6. doi: 10.1111/ajd.12057. Epub 2013 Apr 26. — View Citation

Ghaderi F, Banakar S, Rostami S. Effect of pre-cooling injection site on pain perception in pediatric dentistry: "A randomized clinical trial". Dent Res J (Isfahan). 2013 Nov;10(6):790-4. — View Citation

Goel S, Chang B, Bhan K, El-Hindy N, Kolli S. "Cryoanalgesic preparation" before local anaesthetic injection for lid surgery. Orbit. 2006 Jun;25(2):107-10. — View Citation

Kuwahara RT, Skinner RB. Emla versus ice as a topical anesthetic. Dermatol Surg. 2001 May;27(5):495-6. — View Citation

Lathwal G, Pandit IK, Gugnani N, Gupta M. Efficacy of Different Precooling Agents and Topical Anesthetics on the Pain Perception during Intraoral Injection: A Comparative Clinical Study. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2015 May-Aug;8(2):119-22. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1296. Epub 2015 Aug 11. Review. — View Citation

Leff DR, Nortley M, Dang V, Bhutiani RP. The effect of local cooling on pain perception during infiltration of local anaesthetic agents, a prospective randomised controlled trial. Anaesthesia. 2007 Jul;62(7):677-82. — View Citation

Lindsell LB, Miller DM, Brown JL. Use of topical ice for local anesthesia for intravitreal injections. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2014 Aug;132(8):1010-1. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2014.1397. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Post-injection Pain Score	Patient's self-reported visual analogue pain scale (100 millimeter) after injection of local anesthetic. Range from 0 to 100 mm, with 0 being least amount of pain and 100 being the most amount of pain.	Immediately after local anesthetic injection
Secondary	Post-procedure satisfaction score	Patient's self-reported visual analogue scale (100 millimeter) for satisfaction with the procedure. Range form 0mm to 100mm with 0 being the least satisfied and 100 being the most satisfied.	Immediately after procedure
Secondary	Post-procedure anxiety score	Patient's self-reported visual analogue scale (100 millimeter) score for anxiety level about having another vulvar biopsy in the future. Range from 0mm to 100mm, with 0 being the least anxious and 100 being the most anxious about a future procedure.	Immediately after procedure
Secondary	Post-procedure pain control score	Patient's self-reported visual analogue scale (100 millimeter) for satisfaction with pain control during procedure. Range from 0mm to 100mm with 0 being the least satisfied with pain control and 100mm being the most satisfied with pain control.	Immediately after procedure
Secondary	Post-biopsy pain score	Patient's self-reports visual analogue pain scale (100 millimeter) score immediately after biopsy. Range from 0mm to 100mm, with 0 being the the least pain and 100 being the most pain.	Immediately after procedure.