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CompletedNCT02872012Updated Sep 17, 2019Results posted

Cryoanesthesia for Intravitreal Injections

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of Cryoanesthesia device and Lidocaine in Ocular Anesthesia, sponsored by University of Michigan. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 99 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-09-17.

Sponsored by University of Michigan · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Supportive care

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 3 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Mar 2016, registered Jun 2016).
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
23
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 99 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The cryoanesthesia (CA) device is designed to provide anesthesia to a focal area on the surface of the eye immediately prior to intraocular injections.

The investigators plan to carry out a pilot study to collect preliminary data on the effectiveness of the cryoanesthesia (CA) device in minimizing the pain caused by intravitreal injections (IVT).

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Conditions studied

  • Ocular Anesthesia
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In context

Lead sponsor

University of Michigan is the lead sponsor of 1,475 studies on the registry; 196 are open to participants now.

Of its 162 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 128 (79%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 99 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Bilateral macular disease due to either exudative macular degeneration or diabetic retinopathy requiring bilateral intravitreal injections
  • Have had at least one prior intravitreal injection
  • Able to give informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Unilateral disease
  • Unable to provide consent
  • Preexisting conjunctival, episcleral or scleral defects or disease
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
23 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Cryoanesthesia Device -5 degrees Celsius for 10 seconds

    All patients will have one eye randomized to receiving anesthesia via the cryoanesthesia device which anesthetizes by chilling rather than by use of drug, prior to receiving an intravitreal injection. Comment: Cryoanesthesia Device is the name of the device.

    Device: Cryoanesthesia device

  • Experimental
    Cryoanesthesia Device -5 degrees Celsius for 20 seconds

    All patients will have one eye randomized to receiving anesthesia via the cryoanesthesia device which anesthetizes by chilling rather than by use of drug, prior to receiving an intravitreal injection. Comment: Cryoanesthesia Device is the name of the device.

    Device: Cryoanesthesia device

  • Experimental
    Cryoanesthesia Device -7 degrees Celsius for 20 seconds

    All patients will have one eye randomized to receiving anesthesia via the cryoanesthesia device which anesthetizes by chilling rather than by use of drug, prior to receiving an intravitreal injection. Comment: Cryoanesthesia Device is the name of the device.

    Device: Cryoanesthesia device

  • Experimental
    Cryoanesthesia Device -10 degrees Celsius for 10 seconds

    All patients will have one eye randomized to receiving anesthesia via the cryoanesthesia device which anesthetizes by chilling rather than by use of drug, prior to receiving an intravitreal injection. Comment: Cryoanesthesia Device is the name of the device.

    Device: Cryoanesthesia device

  • Experimental
    Cryoanesthesia Device -10 degrees Celsius for 20 seconds

    All patients will have one eye randomized to receiving anesthesia via the cryoanesthesia device which anesthetizes by chilling rather than by use of drug, prior to receiving an intravitreal injection. Comment: Cryoanesthesia Device is the name of the device.

    Device: Cryoanesthesia device

  • Active comparator
    Lidocaine

    Participants randomized to this arm will have their other eye receive anesthesia via the current standard of care treatment method (lidocaine) prior to receiving an intravitreal injection. Lidocaine: Lidocaine will be applied to the non-cryoanesthesia eye.

    Drug: Lidocaine

Interventions

  • DeviceCryoanesthesia device

    The study will be carried out in patients receiving bilateral injections. One eye will be anesthetized using the cryoanesthesia device, developed at the University of Michigan. This has been assessed to be a Non-significant Risk device.

  • DrugLidocaine

    Lidocaine applied to the non-cryoanesthesia eye.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Subjective Injection Pain

    Immediately after receiving the intravitreal injection, patient's will be asked to rate their pain on the Visual Analogue (Pain) Scale. The scale ranges from 0 to 10. 0 meaning no pain and 10 meaning the worst possible pain.

    Time frame: Immediately following the intravitreal injection

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Results

Posted Jul 16, 2019

Participant flow

23 participants were recruited. Each participant received 1 cryoanesthesia intervention in one eye and one standard of care lidocaine intervention in their other eye.

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneCryoanesthesia Device -5 Degrees Celsius for 10 SecondsCryoanesthesia Device -5 Degrees Celsius for 20 SecondsCryoanesthesia Device -7 Degrees Celsius for 20 SecondsCyroanesthesia Device -10 Degrees Celsius for 10 SecondsCryoanesthesia Device -10 Degrees Celsius for 20 Seconds
Started47435
Completed37435
Not completed10000
Withdrew: Withdrawal by subject10000

Outcome measures

PrimarySubjective Injection Pain

Immediately after receiving the intravitreal injection, patient's will be asked to rate their pain on the Visual Analogue (Pain) Scale. The scale ranges from 0 to 10. 0 meaning no pain and 10 meaning the worst possible pain.

Time frame:
Immediately following the intravitreal injection
Reported as:
Mean · units on a scale
Subjective Injection Pain
units on a scaleCryoanesthesia Device -5 Degrees Celsius for 10 SecondsCyroanesthesia Device -5 Degrees Celsius for 20 SecondsCryoanesthesia Device -7 Degrees Celsius for 20 SecondsCryoanesthesia Device -10 Degrees Celsius for 10 SecondsCryoanesthesia Device -10 Degrees Celsius for 20 SecondsStandard of Care: Lidocaine
Subjective Injection Pain7.0 ± 1.53.1 ± 0.63.0 ± 1.11.8 ± 0.82.4 ± 0.82.3 ± 0.4

Adverse events

Collected over 7 days after treatment. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Cryoanesthesia Device -5 Degrees Celsius for 10 Seconds0/3 (0%)0/3 (0%)0/3 (0%)
Cryoanesthesia Device -5 Degrees Celsius for 20 Seconds0/7 (0%)0/7 (0%)0/7 (0%)
Cryoanesthesia Device -7 Degrees Celsius for 20 Seconds0/4 (0%)0/4 (0%)0/4 (0%)
Cryoanesthesia Device -10 Degrees Celsius for 10 Seconds0/3 (0%)0/3 (0%)0/3 (0%)
Cryoanesthesia Device -10 Degrees Celsius for 20 Seconds0/5 (0%)0/5 (0%)0/5 (0%)
Standard of Care: Lidocaine Gel0/22 (0%)0/22 (0%)0/22 (0%)

Baseline characteristics

Age, Categorical
Age, Categorical(Participants)Cryoanesthesia Device -5 Degrees Celsius for 10 SecondsCryoanesthesia Device -5 Degrees Celsius for 20 SecondsCryoanesthesia Device -7 Degrees Celsius for 20 SecondsCryoanesthesia Device -10 Degrees Celsius for 10 SecondsCryoanesthesia Device -10 Degrees Celsius for 20 SecondsTotal
<=18 years000000
Between 18 and 65 years212139
>=65 years1622213
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Cryoanesthesia Device -5 Degrees Celsius for 10 SecondsCryoanesthesia Device -5 Degrees Celsius for 20 SecondsCryoanesthesia Device -7 Degrees Celsius for 20 SecondsCryoanesthesia Device -10 Degrees Celsius for 10 SecondsCryoanesthesia Device -10 Degrees Celsius for 20 SecondsTotal
Female2732216
Male101136
Race and Ethnicity Not Collected
Race and Ethnicity Not Collected(Participants)Cryoanesthesia Device -5 Degrees Celsius for 10 SecondsCryoanesthesia Device -5 Degrees Celsius for 20 SecondsCryoanesthesia Device -7 Degrees Celsius for 20 SecondsCryoanesthesia Device -10 Degrees Celsius for 10 SecondsCryoanesthesia Device -10 Degrees Celsius for 20 SecondsTotal
Count of participants—————0
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Study locations

1 site
  • Kellogg Eye Center
    Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Besirli CG, Smith SJ, Zacks DN, Gardner TW, Pipe KP, Musch DC, Shah AR. Randomized Safety and Feasibility Trial of Ultra-Rapid Cooling Anesthesia for Intravitreal Injections. Ophthalmol Retina. 2020 Oct;4(10):979-986. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2020.04.001. Epub 2020 Apr 15. PubMed 32446842 ↗

Study documents

  • Study protocol · Apr 11, 2018

Documents are hosted by the registry — open the source record to download them.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 17, 2019, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02872012
Lead sponsor
University of Michigan
Responsible party
Anjali Shah (Instructor in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 18, 2016
Start date
Mar 2016
Primary completion
Jun 2018
Completion
Jun 2018
Results posted
Jul 16, 2019
Last update
Sep 17, 2019

Study contacts

Anjali R Shah, MD
principal investigator · Instructor in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Oversight

FDA-regulated device
Yes
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