Status:

COMPLETED

Buffered Lidocaine for Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedures (LEEPs)

Lead Sponsor:

Washington University School of Medicine

Conditions:

Uterine Cervical Dysplasia

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Women undergoing a LEEP procedure who receive lidocaine buffered with sodium bicarbonate for their cervical block will experience less injection pain than women who receive plain lidocaine.

Detailed Description

Specific aims: 1. To determine whether buffering the agent used for intracervical anesthetic at the time of cervical loop excision reduces injection-related pain. (Hypothesis: buffering significantly...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • antecedent biopsy read as
  • cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grade 2 or 3 or microinvasive cancer
  • adenocarcinoma in situ
  • persistent CIN 1
  • antecedent pap read as
  • high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion
  • atypical glandular cells
  • persistent low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion

Exclusion

  • anatomy unsuitable for safe office loop excision based on operator judgement
  • inability to tolerate procedure under local anesthesia
  • pregnancy
  • age less than 18 years
  • inability to understand spoken or written English
  • refusal of consent
  • prisoner
  • mental incapacity
  • anticoagulant or antiplatelet therapy, or known bleeding diathesis
  • use of analgesics other than over the counter medications(OTC meds include NSAIDS or Tylenol) within 7 days of scheduled LEEP

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

56 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01405768

Start Date

July 1 2011

End Date

December 1 2012

Last Update

July 28 2014

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Washington University School of Medicine

St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110