Gentle touch eases pain for kids after surgery drain removal
NCT ID NCT02047591
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether adding a relaxing touch technique to standard pain medicine could reduce pain when removing a Redon drain in children aged 7 to 17. About 232 kids took part. The goal was to see if this drug-free method could lower pain scores right after the drain was taken out.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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232 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2014
- Finished
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Jan 2019
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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7 to 17 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Children \> or = 7 and \< 18 years old * Hospitalization for surgery having required the settle of a Redon's drain during surgery. * The presence of at least one of the legal representatives with the child during the care. * The consent of at least one of the legal representatives and agreement of the child for the relaxing-touch method. * The affiliation of one of the legal guardian to the social security. Exclusion Criteria: * Children with an intellectual deficiency preventing the use of the scale EVA from the pain. * Children having already had one or several removal of the Redon's drain: the negative memory of the pain for a similar act could falsify the score of pain * Children refusing the usual care of the pain in the department by the MEOPA.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Limoges Hospital
Limoges, 87 042, France