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Comparison of Distraction Methods for Pain Relief of Trigger Finger Injection

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NYU Langone Health

Status and phase

Withdrawn
Phase 1

Conditions

Trigger Finger

Treatments

Drug: Ethyl chloride spray
Procedure: Pinching
Procedure: No Site of Procedure

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03445780
17-01275

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the best distraction mechanism during trigger finger injection in the outpatient setting. Temporary discomfort from the needle prick is highly feared by patients and is often accompanied by significant acute pain and distress during routine corticosteroid injection in the orthopedic outpatient setting. This study aims to examine 4 different distraction methods and their efficacy in reducing perceived pain, which will be evaluate using the VAS (visual analog pain score.) The three distraction methods will be ethyl chloride spray, adjacent pinch, ethyl chloride spray and pinch, and "screen" or looking away method.

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 99 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Diagnosis of Trigger Finger

Exclusion criteria

  • Allergies to lidocaine, betamethasone, infection, pregnancy, 3 prior injection to the digit

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Factorial Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

0 participants in 4 patient groups

First Group
Experimental group
Description:
Skin cooling with ethyl chloride spray will be used for 5 seconds prior to injection
Treatment:
Drug: Ethyl chloride spray
Second Group
Experimental group
Description:
The skin between the distal palmar crease and the palmo-digital crease and the palmo-digital crease will be pinched for 5 seconds prior to injection
Treatment:
Procedure: Pinching
Third Group
Experimental group
Description:
Skin cooling with ethyl chloride spray will be used for 5 seconds prior to injection as well as a second pinch to the skin between the distal palmar crease and the palmo digital crease
Treatment:
Procedure: Pinching
Drug: Ethyl chloride spray
Fourth Group
Experimental group
Description:
Subjects will sit behind a screen with a small opening large enough to introduce the injection hand. They will not see any of the procedure.
Treatment:
Procedure: No Site of Procedure

Trial contacts and locations

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