Lidocaine 10% Spray Reduces Pain During Intrauterine Device Insertion

NCT02020551 ↗

Completed 223 enrolled Kayseri Education and Research Hospital

RandomizedParallel-groupTriple-blindTreatment

Summary

Pain during intrauterine device (IUD) insertion can be a barrier to initiation. Misoprostol and nonsteroidal drugs have found to be ineffective by clinical trials.Investigators tested whether intracervical 2% lidocaine gel decreased insertion pain compared to placebo.

Timeline

Start: 2013-05
Primary completion: 2013-08
Completion: —

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper The mean pain score during the procedure was 1.01±1.20 in the lidocaine spray group and 3.23±1.60 in the placebo spray group (p<0.001). PMID 25759418 ↗

Publications

Aksoy H, Aksoy U, Ozyurt S, Acmaz G, Babayigit M. Lidocaine 10% spray to the cervix reduces pain during intrauterine device insertion: a double-blind randomised controlled trial. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care. 2016 Apr;42(2):83-7. doi: 10.1136/jfprhc-2014-100917. Epub 2015 Mar 10.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Lidocaine	Other / unclassified	10 %	Topical

Indications

No indication recorded.