Effect of Practical Demonstration to Use Nasal Spray and Apply Intranasal Ointment on Epistaxis

Epistaxis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of Practical Demonstration to Use Nasal Spray and Apply Intranasal Ointment on Outcome, in Cases of Recurrent Pediatric Epistaxis

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04217941
• Other study ID #: CMH-06-2018
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 1, 2018
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: January 2020
• Source: Combined Military Hospital, Pakistan
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

To compare the result of verbally educating the parents about method of intranasal antiseptic cream application versus practically educating and demonstrating how to apply cream intra nasally.

Description:

The primary outcome variables was control of epistaxis through history and clinical examination on follow up visits

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 300
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: December 1, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 1 Year to 12 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• The children of age less than 12 years presenting with anterior recurrent epistaxis

Exclusion Criteria:

• o Children with bleeding disorders.

• Children with liver and renal failure/dysfunction.

• Children using anti-coagulants.

• Those children who have gross deviated nasal septum or nasal polys etc.

• Cases who had history of nasal injuries secondary to trauma.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Epistaxis

Intervention

Procedure:
• Health education with practical demonstration of nasal ointment
Health education with practical demonstration of medicine was compared to health education without practical demonstration

Drug:
• Health Education and practical demonstration of Nasal spray and intranasal ointment
We compared the effect of Health education and practical demonstration for using nasal spray and apply intranasal ointment compared to health education without practical demonstration

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Pakistan	CMH Mradan	Mardan	KPK

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Combined Military Hospital, Pakistan

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Pakistan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	number of epistaxis episodes	Success rate was measured on number of epistaxis episodes after treatment. The primary outcome variables was control of epistaxis through history and clinical examination on follow up visit	0ne month