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Sponsors and Collaborators: |
Penn State University Children's Miracle Network |
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Information provided by: | Penn State University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00150189 |
The study explores the potential benefits of a sugar water solution for decreasing pain in infants during routine immunizations.
Condition | Intervention |
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Pain Procedural Pain |
Behavioral: Sucrose |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Treatment, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | Efficacy of Oral Sucrose Analgesia During Routine Immunizations at 6 Weeks and 4 Months of Age |
Estimated Enrollment: | 140 |
Study Start Date: | November 2003 |
Acute pain during early life may alter infant pain responses, cognitive development, and behavioral outcomes. Immunization injections represent a relatively brief exposure to acute pain, yet assessment studies demonstrate that infants respond with significant distress during the injections. This study will examine the analgesic potential of oral sucrose in diminishing the pain associated with immunization injections in 6 week to 4-month-old infants. The proposed mechanism of action is via the activation of endogenous opioids that attenuate nociceptive information at the level of the dorsal horn.
Comparison: Administration of oral sucrose 2 minutes prior to immunizations compared to administration of sterile water 2 minutes prior to immunizations
Ages Eligible for Study: | 6 Weeks to 4 Months |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
United States, Pennsylvania | |
General Ambulatory Pediatric Clinic, Penn State Children's Hospital | |
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033 |
Principal Investigator: | Linda A Hatfield, PhD(c) CNNP | Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center’ |
Study ID Numbers: | IRB NO. 2003-315 |
Study First Received: | September 6, 2005 |
Last Updated: | December 22, 2006 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00150189 |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Pain Procedural Pain Sucrose Infant Newborn |
Pain |