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CompletedNCT02961855Updated Nov 15, 2016

Efficacy and Safety of CLIFE1 Gel in Benign Anorectal Surgery

A Phase 4 interventional study of anesthesics plus antiinflammatory, CLIFE1 and local anesthesics, CLIFE2 in Fissure;Anal, Fistula;Rectal and Hemorrhoids, sponsored by Hospital de Viladecans. Completed. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-11-15.

Sponsored by Hospital de Viladecans · Phase 4, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
120
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Double-blinded multicenter randomized clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of CLIFE2 (lidocaine, referred as treatment A) respect CLIFE1 (lidocaine plus diclofenac, referred as treatment B) in benign anorectal surgery.

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120 patients were randomly assigned to two groups (60 in each group). The study was conducted in two parallel groups, with 1:1 randomization stratified by type of surgery and centre.

Treatment with CLIFE 1 and CLIFE 2 was applied from day 1 to day 6 post-surgery

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Conditions studied

  • Fissure;Anal
  • Fistula;Rectal
  • Hemorrhoids
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In context

Hemorrhoids

221 studies on the registry are indexed under Hemorrhoids; 64 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 120 is above the median of 97 across 169 interventional studies indexed under Hemorrhoids.

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Lead sponsor

Hospital de Viladecans is the lead sponsor of 2 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients undergoing benign anorectal surgery (out or inpatients), with the following diagnoses: anal fissure, fistula, hemorrhoids
  • Use of subarachnoid anesthesia with lidocaine

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Allergy or Hypersensitivity to lidocaine or other local anesthesics.
  • Patients not accepting subarachnoid anesthesia
  • Patients with general anesthesia
  • Hypersensitivity or contraindication to acetylsalicylic acid.
  • History of gastrointestinal hemorrhage or perforation due to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) use
  • Active or relapsing peptic ulcer/gastrointestinal hemorrhage
  • Serious heart failure.
  • Active Crohn disease
  • Active ulcerative colitis
  • Moderate or sever renal failure
  • Severe liver disfunction
  • Coagulation disorders requiring treatment with anticoagulant drugs
  • Proctitis (due to autoimmune disease, foreign substances, sucally transmitted diseases
  • Treatment with: Beta blockers, calcium channel blockers (verapamil and diltiazem), anti-arrhythmics (digoxin, amiodarone), ivabradine, lithium, steroids
  • Pregnancy
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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
120 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Clife1 gel (lidocaine plus diclofenac)

    Clife1 gel (lidocaine plus diclofenac) Topical gel containing lidocaine (2%) plus diclofenac (0.5%) (15 g in total) Application of the gel bid from first day post-surgery to day 3 and once daily from day 4 to day 6

    Drug: anesthesics plus antiinflammatory, CLIFE1

  • Active comparator
    Clife2 gel (lidocaine)

    Clife2 gel (lidocaine) Topical gel containing lidocaine (2%) (15 g in total) Application of the gel bid from first day post-surgery to day 3 and once daily from day 4 to day 6

    Drug: local anesthesics, CLIFE2

Interventions

  • Druganesthesics plus antiinflammatory, CLIFE1

    anesthesics plus antiinflammatory, CLIFE1 topical gel containing lidocaine plus diclofenac anesthesics plus antiinflammatory

    Also known as: lidocaine plus diclofenac, CLIFE1 topical gel

  • Druglocal anesthesics, CLIFE2

    local anesthesics, CLIFE2 topical gel containing lidocaine local anesthesics

    Also known as: lidocaine, CLEFE2 topical gel

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. mean level of pain, as assessed by visual analog scale (VAS)

    Time frame: 3 days post-surgery

Secondary outcomes

  1. Mean level of pain (VAS) at day 3 post-surgery

    Time frame: 6 days post-surgery

  2. Level of pain (VAS), assessed by Andersen scale

    Time frame: 6 days post-surgery

  3. Pain relief

    Question about pain relief in comparison with the last application (scores from 0 to 4).

    Time frame: 6 days post-surgery

  4. analgesics use

    Time frame: 6 days post-surgery

  5. patient satisfaction

    Satisfaction questionnaire about the efficacy of treatment (6 levels)

    Time frame: 6 days post-surgery

  6. demographic and clinical characteristics-1

    sex

    Time frame: baseline

  7. demographic and clinical characteristics-2

    age

    Time frame: baseline

  8. safety evaluation as assessed by recording fo adverse events

    recording of adverse events

    Time frame: 6 days post-surgery

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 15, 2016, 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
NCT02961855
Lead sponsor
Hospital de Viladecans
Responsible party
María José Linares Gil (Doctor, Hospital de Viladecans) — Principal investigator
First posted
Nov 11, 2016
Start date
Jan 2011
Primary completion
Jan 2013
Completion
Dec 2013
Last update
Nov 15, 2016

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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