A Phase 1 interventional study of Ethyl chloride spray and Pinching in Trigger Finger, sponsored by NYU Langone Health. Withdrawn at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 99 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-01-27.
Sponsored by NYU Langone Health · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the best distraction mechanism during trigger finger injection in the outpatient setting. Temporary discomfort from the needle prick is highly feared by patients and is often accompanied by significant acute pain and distress during routine corticosteroid injection in the orthopedic outpatient setting. This study aims to examine 4 different distraction methods and their efficacy in reducing perceived pain, which will be evaluate using the VAS (visual analog pain score.) The three distraction methods will be ethyl chloride spray, adjacent pinch, ethyl chloride spray and pinch, and "screen" or looking away method.
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Skin cooling with ethyl chloride spray will be used for 5 seconds prior to injection
Drug: Ethyl chloride spray
The skin between the distal palmar crease and the palmo-digital crease and the palmo-digital crease will be pinched for 5 seconds prior to injection
Procedure: Pinching
Skin cooling with ethyl chloride spray will be used for 5 seconds prior to injection as well as a second pinch to the skin between the distal palmar crease and the palmo digital crease
Drug: Ethyl chloride spray · Procedure: Pinching
Subjects will sit behind a screen with a small opening large enough to introduce the injection hand. They will not see any of the procedure.
Procedure: No Site of Procedure
Skin cooling with ethyl chloride spray 5 seconds prior to injection
Also known as: Bethamethasone
Skin between the distal palmar crease and the palmo digital crease will be pinched for 5 seconds prior to injection
Subjects will sit behind a screen with a small opening large enough to introduce the injected hand. They will not see any of the procedure
Change in Visual Analog Scale (VAS) Score
A 10-cm scale will be shown to the patients, and they will be asked to choose the proper number, with 1 representing no pain and 10 symbolizing the most pain imaginable
Time frame: 1 Minute, 24 Hours
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Studies of the drug tested here: Ethyl Chloride