Efficacy of Lidocaine Gel in Reducing Foley Catheter Discomfort in Surgical Patients

Creighton University

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 4

Conditions: Urinary Catheter Discomfort in Surgical Patients

Treatments: Drug: standard gel; Drug: Lidocaine gel

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02709304

693571

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will evaluate whether lidocaine gel for urinary catheter insertion would decrease pain and discomfort associate with Foley catheters upon awakening from general anesthesia in the post anesthesia care unit. As a secondary objective, the study will evaluate bacterial colony counts from urine obtained from the surgical patients after insertion of the Foley catheter prior to prophylactic antimicrobial administration.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 19 to 100 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Males requiring catheterization for surgical procedures scheduled for less than 4 hours.

Exclusion criteria

• Females, patients with preexisting urological conditions, and infections

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Standard Gel

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Standard gel not containing local anesthetic used to insert urinary catheters.

Treatment:

Drug: standard gel

Lidocaine Gel

Experimental group

Description:

lidocaine containing gel uses to insert urinary catheters

Treatment:

Drug: Lidocaine gel