Pain Blocking During Drug Administration or Blood Collection With Needles

• Sponsor: University of California, Irvine (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT01166906
• Collaborator: Beckman Laser Institute University of California Irvine (Other)
• Enrollment: 53
• Location: 1
• Duration (Months): 48
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 1.1

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

There is a gating mechanism in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord that acts to facilitate or inhibit transmission of pain signals to the brain. The gate can be closed by mechanical stimuli such as touch and vibration.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Pain, Intractable	Device: pain blocking

Detailed Description

The researcher develope a device that can use to reduce pain during drug administration or blood collection with needles.

Study Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Actual Enrollment: 53 participants
• Observational Model: Case-Only
• Time Perspective: Prospective
• Official Title: Pain Blocking During Drug Administration or Blood Collection With Needles
• Study Start Date: Mar 1, 2010
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Mar 1, 2014
• Actual Study Completion Date: Mar 1, 2014

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Pain Blocking During Drug Administration or Blood Collection With Needles [up to 12 months]

   Pain Blocking During Drug Administration or Blood Collection With Needles

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

• Receiving an injection with a needle

• Able to score the pain on a scale of 0-10 using the universal pain assessment tool, preferably 7 years of age or older

Exclusion Criteria:

• Current pregnancy

• Inability to understand and carry out instruction

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Beckman Laser Institute Medical clinic	Irvine	California	United States	92612

Sponsors and Collaborators

• University of California, Irvine
• Beckman Laser Institute University of California Irvine

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Wangcun Jia, PhD, Beckman Laser Institute University of California Irvine

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Center, Wangcun Jia, PhD., Research Scientist, University of California, Irvine
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01166906
• Other Study ID Numbers: NIH/LAMMP-2009-7245
• First Posted: Jul 21, 2010
• Last Update Posted: Feb 10, 2017
• Last Verified: Feb 1, 2017

• Keywords provided by Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Center, Wangcun Jia, PhD., Research Scientist, University of California, Irvine: pain blocking
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Pain, Intractable

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Feb 10, 2017