drugset / Trial / NCT02005354
Does Trans-Cutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) Alleviate The Pain Experienced During Bone Marrow Sampling?
Completed
70 enrolled
University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust · collab
RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindPrevention
Summary
The approach of this study will be to answer the question does high-frequency stimulation Trans-Cutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) alleviate the pain experienced during the bone marrow sampling procedure in addition to the standard analgesia given (ie. local anaesthetic with or without inhaled nitrous oxide). Null hypothesis: TENS does not alleviate the pain experienced during the bone marrow sampling procedure in addition to the standard analgesia given
Timeline
- Start
- 2014-02
- Primary completion
- 2014-12
- Completion
- 2014-12
Publications
- Background Bennett MI, Hughes N, Johnson MI. Methodological quality in randomised controlled trials of transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation for pain: low fidelity may explain negative findings. Pain. 2011 Jun;152(6):1226-1232. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.12.009. Epub 2011 Mar 23.
- Tucker DL, Rockett M, Hasan M, Poplar S, Rule SA. Does transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) alleviate the pain experienced during bone marrow sampling in addition to standard techniques? A randomised, double-blinded, controlled trial. J Clin Pathol. 2015 Jun;68(6):479-83. doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2015-202908. Epub 2015 Mar 10.
Drugs
| Evaluation | Drug | Modality | Dose | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comparator | Nitrous Oxide | Other / unclassified | — | Inhaled |
Indications
No indication recorded.