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Post-Operative PainPhase 4LMX-4NCT00847093

LMX-4 for Postoperative Pain Management in Infants and Children Undergoing Penoplasty Surgery

A Phase 4 study testing LMX4 in people with Post-Operative Pain, run by Ferndale Laboratories, Inc. at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

After surgery on his penis, your child will probably have some pain. The investigators will give you a prescription for acetaminophen (Tylenol) with codeine, given by mouth (orally), for pain. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 3 months to 3 years, men only
Conditions the study is for
Post-Operative Pain
What is being tested?
LMX4
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
50 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Sep 2008to Jul 2009
Phase
Phase 4
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 3 months to 3 years
  • Men only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child

Who may be able to join

  • Subject is 3 months to less than 3 years of age (at least 3 months old but not yet reached his 3rd birthday at the time of enrollment).
  • Subject has presented with a clinical diagnosis of buried penis
  • With the exception of the disease being studied, subject is in good health in the opinion of the investigator.
  • Subject and parent(s) or legal guardian(s) must agree to the requirements and restrictions of the study and will appear for all required examinations.
  • Subject's parent or legal guardian must sign a written, IRB-approved informed consent prior to admission into the study, and must be able to understand that consent form.

Who cannot join

  • Subject has a known hypersensitivity to any component of the study medication.
  • Subject has history or evidence of other conditions that would interfere with evaluation of the study medication.
  • Subject has been treated with another investigational device or drug within 30 days prior to study enrollment, or is participating in a clinical trial at the time of enrollment or intends to participate in a clinical trial concurrent with this study.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Children's Memorial Hospital

    Chicago, Illinois, 60614

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About this study

Official title: Post-Operative Pain Control in Children and Infants Undergoing Penoplasty: A Randomized Control Trial of a Local Anesthetic Cream Placebo.

After surgery on his penis, your child will probably have some pain. The investigators will give you a prescription for acetaminophen (Tylenol) with codeine, given by mouth (orally), for pain. In this study, the investigators want to see if a local anesthetic cream applied to the base of the shaft of the penis can reduce the need for oral medicine .

Read the detailed description

Your child will receive a general anesthetic for the surgery. After your child is asleep, he will receive a local anesthetic injection in the area of the tailbone (normal procedure for this surgery). At the end of the operation your child will go to the recovery room. At the time of discharge from the hospital, we will be give you the prescription for acetaminophen with codeine (standard medication given for children undergoing surgery on the penis), and a tube of cream. The tube will contain either a local anesthetic cream (LMX-4)® or a cream with no active medicine (a placebo). We want you to apply the cream to the base of your son's penis every six hours. Which kind of tube you get will be picked randomly (similar to drawing numbers out of a hat) by a computer. Thirty minutes after applying the study cream, or sooner if needed, if you think your child needs pain medication, you may give the oral pain medicine (Tylenol with codeine as prescribed on the bottle). You may continue to apply the cream and give oral medicine every six hours as long as you think your child needs pain medicine for a maximum of 7 days. The cream can also be re-applied when changing diapers to facilitate the continued use of the cream even if it is sooner than the suggested 6 hours.

Being tested
LMX4, LMX4 Placebo
Medical subject headings
Pain, Postoperative

What participants receive

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

  • LMX4Drug

    One inch every six hours

  • LMX4 PlaceboDrug

    Also called Placebo cream

    One inch every six hours

Study groups in NCT00847093
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
CreamExperimentalExperimental group receiving either medicated topical cream or placebo cream
Receives: Drug: LMX4; Drug: LMX4 Placebo

What is being measured

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

  1. Reducing by 50% the need for rescue analgesia between the LMX4 cream or placebo cream group

    Measured: 7 days

Timeline

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

  1. First posted19 Feb 2009 (estimated)
  2. Study startSep 2008
  3. Primary completionJul 2009
  4. Study completionJul 2009

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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 4
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Participant, Investigator
Enrolment
50 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00847093
Sponsor's protocol ID
LMX-944700
Acronym
LMX-4
Status last verified
Feb 2009
First submitted
18 Feb 2009
Last updated
1 Jul 2011
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 4 study testing LMX4 in people with Post-Operative Pain, run by Ferndale Laboratories, Inc. at 1 site in United States.

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 5 inclusion and 3 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 1 Jul 2011. 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 United States. 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 4 studies take place after a treatment is approved, to learn more about its long-term benefits and risks in everyday use.

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 is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

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?

Reducing by 50% the need for rescue analgesia between the LMX4 cream or placebo cream group (time frame: 7 days). 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 1 Jul 2011.

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