Abstract
Objective
The objective was to investigate the analgesic effect of cervical lidocaine–prilocaine
(LP) cream in alleviating pain during copper T380A intrauterine device (IUD) insertion
among parous women.
Study design
We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial at Assiut Women's
Health Hospital, Egypt, from October 2015 to April 2016 of parous women desiring copper
IUD insertion. We randomized the subjects in a 1:1 ratio to LP cream or placebo. Seven
minutes prior to IUD insertion, women received 2 ml of LP cream or placebo to the
anterior cervical lip, followed by 2 ml placed in the cervical canal using a Q-tip
applicator. The study end point was the subjects' self-reported pain using a 10-cm
visual analog scale (VAS) during cervical tenaculum placement, sound insertion, IUD
insertion and 5 min postprocedure. We considered a 2-cm difference in VAS scores between
study groups as clinically significant. Also, the difference in the ease of insertion
score using a 10-cm VAS with 0 = very easy insertion and 10 = terribly difficult insertion was assessed.
Results
The study included 120 women (n=60 in each group). LP cream reduces the median VAS pain scores during tenaculum placement
(2 vs. 4), sound insertion (3 vs. 6) and IUD insertion (3 vs. 6.5) with p=.0001 at
all steps. A lower ease of insertion score was also determined among LP women (2.5±0.98
vs. 4.5±2.7, p=.001). Participants reported no side effects.
Conclusions
Use of cervical LP cream prior to copper T380A IUD insertion may alleviate the IUD
insertion pain among parous women.
Implications
Cervical LP cream could be effective as an analgesic prior to copper T380A IUD insertion
with no side effects. Further studies are needed to assess the women's satisfaction
from lying with a speculum in place for 7 min while waiting for the cream to be effective.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: November 04, 2016
Accepted:
October 27,
2016
Received in revised form:
October 26,
2016
Received:
August 11,
2016
Footnotes
☆Conflict of interest: None.
☆☆Trial registration: Clinicaltrials.gov NCT02658773.
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