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Topical Pharyngeal Anesthesia With Articaine for Gastroscopy

NCT01350050

Phase 4 Completed 18 enrolled Helsinki University Central Hospital
RandomizedParallel-groupTriple-blindTreatment

Summary

Topical Pharyngeal anesthesia (TPA) is widely used during upper endoscopy. Articaine is local anaesthetic that have not been previously evaluated in pharyngeal anesthesia for upper endoscopy. The aim of this study was to compare pharyngeal anesthesia with 4% articaine to placebo (Na0,9%) during gastroscopy in terms of benefit on patients' and endoscopists' satisfaction.

Timeline

Start
2009-09
Primary completion
2009-12
Completion
2009-12

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Comparator Articaine Other / unclassified 3 ml Topical
Comparator Articaine Other / unclassified 4 % Topical

Indications

No indication recorded.