Status:

COMPLETED

Role of Repeated Painful Procedures in Preterm Neonates on Short Term Neurobehavioural Outcome

Lead Sponsor:

Lady Hardinge Medical College

Conditions:

Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

1-28 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Procedural pain in neonates is recently acknowledged entity and many studies on the use of pharmacological as well as non pharmacological interventions for alleviation of this pain have been done. Of ...

Detailed Description

DEFINITION OF PAIN - an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience with actual or potential damage or described in terms of such damage (note that the inability to communicate verbally or non verball...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • All preterms (more than equal to 32 weeks to less than 37 weeks)
  • within first 48 hrs of post natal life
  • Clinically stable from respiratory and hemodynamic point of view
  • Parental consent

Exclusion

  • neonates requiring ventilatory support
  • neonates with any neurological impairment(HIE ,seizures)
  • receiving opiates or born to mothers receiving opiates
  • newborns who have received muscle relaxants ,sedatives or analgesics
  • grade 3 or 4 IVH
  • major congenital anomalies
  • 5 mins apgar of less than 7
  • Neonates undergoing any surgery
  • Birth trauma

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

106 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01190995

Start Date

July 1 2010

End Date

November 1 2011

Last Update

November 24 2011

Active Locations (2)

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Lady Hardinge Medical College

New Delhi, New Delhi, India, 110001

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Lady Hardinge Medical College,New Delhi

Delhi, India