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Combining surface and infiltration anaesthesia for Transrectal Ultrasonography of the Prostate (TRUS) biopsy: is it better?
ISRCTN ISRCTN77665682
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
Public title Combining surface and infiltration anaesthesia for Transrectal Ultrasonography of the Prostate (TRUS) biopsy: is it better?
Scientific title
Acronym N/A
Serial number at source N0155153512
Study hypothesis Is combining surface and infiltration anaesthesia for Transrectal Ultrasonography of the Prostate (TRUS) biopsy more effective in relieving the pain of the procedure?
Lay summary
Ethics approval Not provided at time of registration
Study design Double blind randomised controlled trial
Countries of recruitment United Kingdom
Disease/condition/study domain Surgery: Anaesthesia
Participants - inclusion criteria 80 patients undergoing Transrectal Ultrasonography of the Prostate (TRUS) biopsy
Participants - exclusion criteria Known allergy to lignocaine.
Anticipated start date 07/07/2004
Anticipated end date 30/09/2004
Status of trial Completed
Patient information material
Target number of participants 80
Interventions The intervention is infiltration of local anaesthesia in periprostatic tissue with 1% lignocaine solution: and the ano-rectal mucosa anaesthetized by application of 2% lignocaine jelly.
Primary outcome measure(s) Pain relief by visual analogue score
Secondary outcome measure(s) Not provided at time of registration
Sources of funding Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (UK), NHS R&D Support Funding Own Account
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Contact name Mr  R.  Krishnan
  Address Urology Unit
Royal Oldham Hospital
  City/town Oldham
  Zip/Postcode OL1 2PN
  Country United Kingdom
Sponsor Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2005 Update - Department of Health (UK)
  Address The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
  City/town London
  Zip/Postcode SW1A 2NL
  Country United Kingdom
  Tel +44 (0)20 7307 2622
  Fax +44 (0)20 7307 2623
  Email dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
  Sponsor website: http://www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en
Date applied 30/09/2005
Last edited 21/04/2011
Date ISRCTN assigned 30/09/2005
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