Be Sweet to Babies During Nasolaryngoscopy (NCT06641687) | Clinical Trial Compass
RecruitingNot Applicable
Be Sweet to Babies During Nasolaryngoscopy
Canada60 participantsStarted 2024-09-23
Plain-language summary
The investigators want to know if sugar water containing 24% sucrose is helpful in reducing pain in babies during scopes.
Who can participate
Age range1 Month – 12 Months
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Patient \<12 months of age;
* Scheduled for an appointment with Dr. Nikolaus Wolter or Dr. Jennifer Siu, who are Staff Pediatric Otolaryngologists at the Hospital for Sick Children, or Meghan Tepsich, a complex airway Nurse Practitioner at SickKids;
* Requiring flexible nasolaryngoscopy for diagnostic purposes;
* Accompanied by caregivers who provided consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patient \>12 months of age
* Infants \<37 weeks corrected gestational age
* Infants with decreased level of consciousness or delayed neuromuscular development with limited pain response
* Infants who have received acute/urgent /emergent airway assessment such as respiratory distress or a foreign body, etc.
* Infants who have received topical anesthesia (topical decongestant/anesthetic spray)
* Infants with the following conditions, where oral sucrose is contraindicated or ineffective:
* Carbohydrate intolerance
* Decreased level of consciousness or heavy sedation
* Absent gag reflex
* Non-functional gastrointestinal tract
* History of aspiration, tracheoesophageal fistula
* Necrotizing enterocolitis
* Infants whose parents did not consent to enrolling their child in the study, including randomization into either arm of the study due to preference for a given intervention
* Any other circumstance in which consent for participation in the study was not obtained prior to the scope
Infants will also be excluded from the study if they present with conditions in whi…