Lidocaine In-situ Gel Prior to Intrauterine Device Insertion in Women With no Previous Vaginal Delivery

Summary

Long-acting reversible contraception methods are highly effective methods for reduction of the unplanned pregnancy rate worldwide. The intrauterine device is a single procedure that provides reliable, effective and long term contraception for many women. However, the insertion procedure can be associated with a troublesome degree of pain that prevent some women from choosing its use. Different interventions have been described to decrease pain perception during intrauterine device insertion with no agreement on an effective one. Pre-insertion oral ibuprofen, diclofenac, nitroprusside, local anesthetics as lidocaine and prostaglandins has been reported with variable degrees of success .

Timeline

Start

2017-09-01

Primary completion

2020-03-31

Completion

2020-05-31

Publications

• Abbas AM, Abd Ellah NH, Hosny MA, Abdellah MS, Ali MK. Self-administrated vaginal 2% lidocaine in-situ gel for pain relief during copper intrauterine device insertion in women with previous caesarean delivery only: a randomised, double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care. 2021 Apr;26(2):132-138. doi: 10.1080/13625187.2020.1868427. Epub 2021 Feb 4.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.