Pain Management for Cystoscopy: A Prospective Randomized Study Focused on Understanding the Role of the "Bag Squeeze" to Manage Pain for Patients Undergoing Cystoscopy (PMC)

University Health Network, Toronto

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain, Procedural

Treatments: Procedure: No Bag Squeeze; Procedure: Bag Squeeze

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04198064

19-5661

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether utilization of the "bag squeeze" technique during flexible cystoscopy changes pain scores using a study questionnaire designed by the team which comprises a validated Lingard pain rating scale.

Enrollment: 201 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male
• Undergoing flexible cystocopy at University Health Network that have undergone a flexible cystocopy and did not demonstrate difficulty during exploration (meatal stenosis or urethral stricture), simultaneous removal or ureteral stents or bladder biopsies or have a chronic history of pelvic pain

Exclusion criteria

• Patients that do not meet the inclusion criteria.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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201 participants in 2 patient groups

Group A- Bag Squeeze

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive a "bag squeeze" of irrigation fluid (500 ml/\~2 cups of %0.9 saline solution) during the insertion of the cystocopy tube during their cystoscopy.

Treatment:

Procedure: Bag Squeeze

Group B- No Bag Squeeze

Other group

Description:

Participants will receive a standard cystoscopy procedure.

Treatment:

Procedure: No Bag Squeeze