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PainPhase 3NCT00219713

Evaluation of Pain Intensity During Bone Marrow Biopsy Performed With Inhalation of Pre-Mixed 50 Per Cent Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen Mixture.

A Phase 3 study testing nitrous oxide and oxygen in people with Pain, run by Poitiers University Hospital at 1 site in France.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

Bone marrow biopsy is a painful medical procedure often performed with local anesthetic. Therefore a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial was carried out in 330 adult patients who where referred for bone marrow biopsy and aspiration. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 16 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Pain
What is being tested?
nitrous oxide and oxygen
How many people
280 participants
Where
1 siteFrance
Study dates
Mar 2000to Dec 2004
Phase
Phase 3
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 16 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients 18 years of age or older
  • with a good clinical condition (score ECOG < 2)
  • without contra indication for the use of nitrous oxide or previous medical history of allergy to Xylocaïne.
  • Informed consent signed up.

Who cannot join

  • pregnancy,
  • prior exposure to nitrous oxide,
  • patients with neurological illness and those on anti depressant medications or with congestive heart failure or significant respiratory disease.
  • patients on analgesia for other medical conditions or whose with the inability to provided consent of an assessment of pain.
  • patients with platelet dysfunction or related coagulation disorders, aspirin or warfarin therapy

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

France1 site
  • University Hospital

    Poitiers, 86021

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About this study

Official title: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Double Blind Trial Comparing Pre-Mixed 50 Per Cent Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen Mixture in Combination With Local Local 1% Xylocaine Anesthetic Versus Placebo in Order to Evaluate Pain Intensity During Bone Marrow Biopsy.

Bone marrow biopsy is a painful medical procedure often performed with local anesthetic.

Therefore a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial was carried out in 330 adult patients who where referred for bone marrow biopsy and aspiration. 164 were assigned to inhale an equimolar mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen and 166 to inhale a placebo. Pain measurement used visual-analogue pain scales, which involve rating the intensity of pain on a horizontal ruler

Read the detailed description

The efficacy of an inhaled equimolar mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen to prevent procedural pain during lumbar puncture in children has been demonstrated. In adults the use of an inhaled equimolar mixture could prevent pain.

Although nitrous oxide was initially considered innocuous, evidence began to be gathered later that it had potentially side effect. It has been demonstrated that nitrous oxide inactivates the vitamin B12-dependent enzyme methionine synthetase and impairs DNA synthesis in bone marrow cells.

Therefore this prospective, multicenter randomized placebo controlled, double-blind trial was design to determine whether an inhaled equimolar mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen would significantly reduce pain during bone marrow biopsy with aspiration. In addition we performed a careful cytological examination of bone marrow samples in order to evaluate the quality of the picture sample.

Conditions
Pain
Being tested
nitrous oxide and oxygen
Keywords
Nitrous oxide and oxygen, Pain, Bone marrow biopsy, Bone marrow aspiration
Medical subject headings
Pain

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • nitrous oxide and oxygenDrug

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Reduce pain during bone marrow biopsy with aspiration.

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Tolerability

  2. Evaluation of the quality of the picture sample

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted22 Sep 2005 (estimated)
  2. Study startMar 2000
  3. Study completionDec 2004

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Double blind
Enrolment
280 participants
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00219713
Sponsor's protocol ID
991300
Status last verified
Sep 2005
First submitted
13 Sep 2005
Last updated
22 Sep 2005
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing nitrous oxide and oxygen in people with Pain, run by Poitiers University Hospital at 1 site in France.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 22 Sep 2005. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in France. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study was stopped early. Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Reduce pain during bone marrow biopsy with aspiration.. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 22 Sep 2005.

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