Comfort methods for reducing newborn pain during blood draws
Part of Infections, Pain clinical trials.
This study tests two simple comfort methods — a gentle touch called Yakson and a sweetened pacifier — to see which one helps full-term newborns feel less pain during a routine blood draw in the NICU. The goal is to find a safe, drug-free way to ease your baby's discomfort.
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Who can take part
- Your baby must be a full-term newborn (born at or after 37 weeks of pregnancy).
- Your baby must be staying in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
- Your baby must need a blood draw (a small needle test) as part of their routine care.
- Your baby cannot be currently receiving pain-relief or sedative medications.
- Your baby must not have health conditions that could affect how they respond to pain or the study's comfort methods.
- You (the parent or legal guardian) must agree to let your baby take part by signing a consent form.
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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