Be Sweet to Babies During Nasolaryngoscopy
ConditionInfant Conditions
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age1-12
SponsorThe Hospital for Sick Children
About this trial
The investigators want to know if sugar water containing 24% sucrose is helpful in reducing pain in babies during scopes.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patient <12 months of age;
Scheduled for an appointment with Dr. Nikolaus Wolter or Dr. Jennifer Siu, who are Staff Pediatric Otolaryngologists at the Hospital for Sick Children, or Meghan Tepsich, a complex airway Nurse Practitioner at SickKids;
Requiring flexible nasolaryngoscopy for diagnostic purposes;
Accompanied by caregivers who provided consent.
Disqualifiers
Patient >12 months of age
Infants <37 weeks corrected gestational age
Infants with decreased level of consciousness or delayed neuromuscular development with limited pain response
Infants who have received acute/urgent /emergent airway assessment such as respiratory distress or a foreign body, etc.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- 24% Sucrose
- Sterile water
Treatment groups
60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov