Lidocaine-prilocaine Cream Versus Rectal Meloxicam on Relief of Post-episiotomy Pain

Postpartum perineal pain is a very common complaint. It can have negative consequences for mother and child including disability in daily functioning for the mother; for example, it can interfere in taking care of her infant and in breastfeeding. Early pain management is thus relevant to provide relief and prevent chronicity.

Perineal pain is particularly common following childbirth. Macarthur 2004, in a prospective cohort study involving 447 women in Canada, reported an incidence of perineal pain, in the first day after birth, of 75% in women with an intact perineum

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Key information

Conditions

Postpartum

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Assiut Faculty of Medicine

Asyut, Egypt

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Primiparas
Normal vaginal delivery
Mediolateral episiotomy
Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Patients who had postpartum hemorrhage
Patients who had manual removal of the placenta
Patients with contraindications to non steroidal drugs
Patients with a multiple perineal lacerations

Treatment and study plan

lidocaine-prilocaine cream

Drug

topical cream

meloxicam rectal suppository

Drug

suppository

Primary outcomes

The mean difference of visual analog scale after delivery

Time frame: immediately

the scale is graded from 0 to 10

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Assiut University

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Registry information

Official study title

Effect of Topical Lidocaine-prilocaine Cream Versus Rectal Meloxicam Suppository on Relief of Post-episiotomy Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Important dates

Study start: 2017
Primary completion: 2018
Study completion: 2018
First posted: May 9, 2017
Registry last updated: Aug 19, 2019

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