Intracervical Anesthesia and Pain Associated With Intrauterine Contraceptive Insertion (NCT03111342) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedPhase 4
Intracervical Anesthesia and Pain Associated With Intrauterine Contraceptive Insertion
Brazil300 participantsStarted 2017-06-01
Plain-language summary
The primary aim of our study is to evaluate the effect of intracervical anesthesia on pain scores immediately following levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) insertion in nulligravida women.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years ā 45 Years
SexFEMALE
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Age between 18 and 45 years;
* That were never pregnant before;
* That wants to use LNG-IUD;
* Not pregnant at the time of insertion;
* No haematological disease;
* That do not have signs and / or symptoms of vaginal / cervical infection.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Categories 3 and / or 4 for the use of LNG-IUD according to the medical eligibility criteria of the World Health Organization (WHO), users of illicit drugs and / or alcohol, allergy or contraindication to lidocaine, presence of chronic pelvic pain of any etiology, presence of cervical abnormality such as isthmus-cervical fibrosis or incompetence, surgery on the cervix, psychiatric disorders, chronic use of medications that could interfere with the pain threshold (such as antidepressants and anticonvulsants).
What they're measuring
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Pain associated with LNG-IUS insertion using VAS
Timeframe: Immediately following LNG-IUS insertion