UMIN ID: UMIN000009527
Registered date:11/12/2012
A clinical trial of warm versus cold tetracaine for topical corneal anesthesia in cataract surgery
Basic Information
| Recruitment status | Complete: follow-up complete |
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| Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied | Warming enhances the effect and duration of anesthesia of local anesthetics. No study has been done regarding the effects of warming local anesthetics for topical uses. |
| Date of first enrollment | 2012/12/18 |
| Target sample size | 60 |
| Countries of recruitment | Asia(except Japan) |
| Study type | Interventional |
| Intervention(s) | Warm tetracaine solution for topical anesthesia of cornea Cold (room temprature) tetracaine solution for topical anesthesia of cornea |
Outcome(s)
| Primary Outcome | Means of visual analog score for postoperative pain in warm and cold tetracaine groups |
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| Secondary Outcome | Distribution of different degrees of patient and surgeon satisfaction (high, medium, low) in warm and cold tetracaine groups |
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
| Age minimum | 18years-old |
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| Age maximum | Not applicable |
| Gender | Male and Female |
| Include criteria | |
| Exclude criteria | Patient refusal |
Related Information
| Primary Sponsor | Department of Anesthesia, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences |
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| Secondary Sponsor | |
| Source(s) of Monetary Support | Research Department, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences |
| Secondary ID(s) |
Contact
| public contact | |
| Name | Mahmoud Saghaei |
| Address | Feiz Medical Center |
| Telephone | +983116249031 |
| mahmood.saghaei@gmail.com | |
| Affiliation | Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Department of Anesthesia |
| scientific contact | |
| Name | Mahmoud Saghaei |
| Address | Feiz Medical Center |
| Telephone | +983116249031 |
| Affiliation | Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Department of Anesthesia |