Effects of Intravenous Lidocaine on Endometriosis Pain

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01968694

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Brief summary

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We are doing this research study to find out if intravenous (in your vein, "IV") lidocaine can lessen pain from endometriosis. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved intravenous lidocaine to treat irregular heart beats, but the FDA has not approved intravenous lidocaine to treat pain from endometriosis. Intravenous lidocaine has been used for more than 25 years to treat different acute and chronic pain conditions but has not yet been studied for endometriosis pain. This is a cross-over trial over two months where one month you will receive the active medication (lidocaine) and one month you will receive the active placebo (diphenhydramine, commonly known as benadryl). We will compare the effect on pain from endometriosis of lidocaine to active placebo.

Study identification

NCT ID: NCT01968694
Recruitment status: Completed
Study type: Interventional
Phase: Not applicable
Lead sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital; Other
Enrollment: 20 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Endometriosis

Interventions

IV Lidocaine Drug
IV diphenhydramine Drug

Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range: 18 Years to 50 Years
Sex: Female
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date: Dec 2010 (Type not available)
Primary completion: Jun 2016 (Actual)
Completion: Jun 2016 (Actual)
Last update posted: Jun 7, 2017

2010 – 2016

United States locations

U.S. sites: 1
U.S. states: 1
U.S. cities: 1

Facility	City	State	ZIP	Site status
Brigham and Women's Hospital Pain Management Center	Boston	Massachusetts	02467	—

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