Status:

UNKNOWN

Local Anesthesia and Tuberculin Skin Test in Infants and Children

Lead Sponsor:

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Conditions:

Tuberculosis

Eligibility:

All Genders

1-15 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The use of local anaesthesia efficiently reduces pain due to needle puncture. However, when tuberculin skin test is performed it is the skin reaction to tuberculin injection that is studied. It is a q...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • hospitalized or non hospitalized infant or child (3 months-15 years)requiring a tuberculin skin test, in our hospital. hospitalized 1 to 3 months old infants requiring a tuberculin skin test, in our hospital.
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Exclusion

  • child with contra indication to the use of Lidocaine / prilocaine
  • child with evolutive dermatitis on forearms
  • premature or newborn (less than 1 month of age)
  • infants (1 - 24 months of age)who has yet received repeated local anaesthesia (at least 2)during the 24 previous hours
  • infants (1 - 24 months of age)who is treated with a drug that could enhance the risk of methhaemoglobinemia
  • child with previous evere local reaction to tuberculin injection (necrosis,ulceration)
  • child with history of tuberculosis disease
  • child with hepatic failure
  • parents or the child himself if lod enough, have not given their agreement for the study

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00309673

Last Update

April 3 2006

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Robert Debré Hospital

Paris, France, 75019

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