Calming medicine during child laceration repair
Treatments studied
Part of Injuries & trauma, Mental health, Skin clinical trials.
This trial tests a calming/anxiety-reducing medicine to see if it helps children feel less scared during stitches for a skin cut. It may help make the repair process easier for children and their caregivers.
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Who can take part
- Child is age 2 to just under 13 years
- The cut is one area or grouped cuts close together (no more than 2 cm apart)
- The doctor plans to repair the cut with stitches, using local numbing (like LET, lidocaine, or a small nerve-block) and not an IV sedative
- You (the child or caregiver) want calming medicine for the procedure
- Your child has not had a sedative or anxiety medicine in the last 24 hours
- No major breathing or heart stability problems (the team checks for things like low blood pressure or slow heart rate)
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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