Dental Block for Pain Relief in ED Dental Pain Patients
ConditionDental Pain
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of California, San Francisco
About this trial
This will be a prospective, observational cohort study assessing immediate pain relief from dental block in ED patients presenting with dental pain. The study will be conducted in the Community Regional Medical Center ED. The aim of this study, then, is to prospectively determine if dental block provides minimal clinically important difference in pain relief to these patients.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Adult patients (>= 18-years-old) presenting to Community Regional Medical Center emergency department with a complaint of dental pain in whom the ED practitioner plans to perform a dental nerve block
Disqualifiers
Patient with previous dental block within 24 hours prior to arrival at the ED
Refusal of dental block
Patient in law enforcement custody
Patient unable to be properly informed of study purpose or able to complete pain VAS score due to physical/ mental condition (altered mental status, unstable psychiatric patient)
Trial population
Adult patients (aged 18-years or older) presenting to the ED with dental pain in whom the ED practitioner plans to perform a dental nerve block will be enrolled. Enrollment will occur 24 hours a day during all days of the week. Patients meeting eligibility criteria will be assessed for inclusion/exclusion criteria. There will be 195 patients enrolled in the study.
Trial design
Design model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Not listed
Trial groups
No trial groups listed
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Change in Pain Scores on the Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
Pre and Post Procedure Pain Scores will be measured on a VAS line comparing pre and post measurements from left to right. Left side indicating no pain all the way to the right indicating a pain score of 10.
Time frame
Baseline10 minutesSecondary outcomes
1
Percentage of patients who would have procedure done again
Follow-up survey to determine if patient would have the procedure done again
Time frame
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov