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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/05/086337 [Registered on: 05/05/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 30/04/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Dentistry 
Study Design  Randomized, Crossover Trial 
Public Title of Study   Comparing the level of pain in Children during giving injection using Special Electronic Device and Needle. 
Scientific Title of Study   Evaluation of Pain Perception during Local Anesthetic Procedure using Electronic Anesthetic Device with Transcodent needle in 5-10 years old Children: A Randomized Clinical Study. 
Trial Acronym  nil 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Neha Gajewar 
Designation  Post Graduate Student 
Affiliation  K. M. Shah Dental College and Hospital 
Address  1 floor number 3 department of pediatric and preventive dentistry, K. M. Shah Dental College and Hospital, Vadodara, Gujarat.

Vadodara
GUJARAT
391760
India 
Phone  7774007208  
Fax    
Email  nehagajewar1@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Pratik Kariya 
Designation  Professor 
Affiliation  K. M. Shah Dental College and Hospital 
Address  1 floor number 3 department of pediatric and preventive dentistry, K. M. Shah Dental College and Hospital, Vadodara, Gujarat.

Vadodara
GUJARAT
391760
India 
Phone  9558330199  
Fax    
Email  prateek.kariya@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Pratik Kariya 
Designation  Professor 
Affiliation  K. M. Shah Dental College and Hospital 
Address  1 floor number 3 department of pediatric and preventive dentistry, K. M. Shah Dental College and Hospital, Vadodara, Gujarat.

Vadodara
GUJARAT
391760
India 
Phone  9558330199  
Fax    
Email  prateek.kariya@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
self 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Dr. Neha Gajewar 
Address  1 floor number 3 department of pediatric and preventive dentistry, K.M. Shah dental college and hospital, Sumandeep vidyapeeth an deemed to be university, Vadodara Gujarat 
Type of Sponsor  Other [self] 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Neha Gajewar  K. M. Shah Dental College and Hospital  1 floor, number 3, department of pediatric and preventive dentistry, K.M.SHAH dental college and hospital, sumandeep vidyapeeth an deemed to be university, Vadodara GUJARAT
Vadodara
GUJARAT 
07774007208

nehagajewar1@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Sumandeep vidyapeeth institutional ethics commitee   Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Healthy Human Volunteers  children requiring bilateral local anaesthesia in their dental treatment 
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Starpen Anaesthetic device with painless transcodent needle  Administration of local anaesthetic injection using painless trancodent needle through Starpen electronic device 
Comparator Agent  Starpen electronic device with conventional needle  Administration of local anaesthesia injection using conventional needle through starpen electronic device 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  5.00 Year(s)
Age To  10.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1.Children requiring bilateral inferior alveolar nerve block for any dental procedures.
2.Children exhibiting a 3 or 4 rating according to Frankl’s behaviour rating scale.
3.Children refrained from medication (antibiotics and analgesics) for the previous 48h that
could impact their response to local anaesthesia.  
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Children with systemic condition.
2. Children with asthma and / or any known allergy of lignocaine.
3. Parent who do not give consent for their child to participate in study. 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Participant and Outcome Assessor Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Administring local anaesthesia for inferior alveolar nerve block using painless transcodent needle having three edge lancet bevel through starpen anaesthetic device.  pain assessment on day 1 and day 15 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
there will be no difference in administring local anaesthesia for inferior alveolar nerve block block through conventional needle or painless transcodent needle  pain assessment on day 1 and day 15 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="60"
Sample Size from India="60" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 3/ Phase 4 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   15/07/2025 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="6"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Not Yet Recruiting 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary   The study aims to assess and compare pain perception using Starpen with Transcodent needle and Starpen with Conventional needle in children between 5 to 10 years of age undergoing inferior alveolar nerve block procedure. 

1. To assess pain perception of 5 to 10 years old child during inferior alveolar nerve block by Starpen with Transcodent needle using Visual Analog Scale (VAS) , Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability Scale (FLACC) and physiological parameter (pulse rate and SpO2).
2. To assess pain perception of 5 to 10 years old child during inferior alveolar nerve block by Starpen with Conventional needle using Visual Analog Scale (VAS) , Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability Scale (FLACC) and physiological parameter (pulse rate and SpO2).
3. To compare pain perception of 5 to 10 years old child during inferior alveolar nerve block by Starpen with Transcodent needle and Starpen with conventional needle using Visual Analog Scale (VAS) , Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability Scale (FLACC) and physiological parameter (pulse rate and SpO2).

 
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