One jab or two? study finds best way to give baby vaccines with less pain
NCT ID NCT07455305
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether giving two routine vaccine shots at the same time causes less pain in infants than giving them one after the other. Researchers watched 110 babies and scored their pain using a standard scale. The goal is to find a simple way to make vaccination less uncomfortable for babies.
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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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110 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2021
- Finished
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Nov 2021
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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Up to 12 months
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * The following criteria were determined: the child was ordered to receive two of the routine childhood IM vaccines (hepatitis B, quintuple combination vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine), the parents were willing to participate in the study, the child had not received painkillers in the last 6 hours, and the child did not have mental and motor retardation. Exclusion Criteria: * It was determined that the child should be 1 year of age or older, the vaccines other than the quintuple mixed vaccine, Pneumococcal vaccine and Hepatitis B vaccine should have been ordered by the physician.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Koç University
Istanbul, İ̇stanbul, 34500, Turkey (Türkiye)
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