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Allergy skin tests are occasionally associated with pain and anxiety in patients undergoing this procedure. The investigators intend to examine if medical clowns compared with local anesthetic cream can decrease these feelings in children.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Placebo cream, Skin test, Anxiety, Pain | Placebo Comparator | After placing a placebo cream on both arms, pain and anxiety resulting from performing allergy skin test on one of the arms will be evaluated |
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| Anesthetic cream, pain and anxiety, skin test | Active Comparator | After placing a placebo cream on one arm and anesthetic cream on the second arm, pain and anxiety resulting from performing allergy skin test on the second arm will be evaluated |
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| Medical clown, placebo cream, skin test | Active Comparator | After placing a placebo cream on both arms and after receiving care and treatment from a medical clown, pain and anxiety resulting from performing allergy skin test on one of the arms will be evaluated |
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| Medical clown, Anesthetic cream, Skin test | Active Comparator | After placing a placebo cream on one arm and anesthetic cream on the second arm and after receiving care and treatment from a medical clown, pain and anxiety resulting from performing allergy skin test on the second arm will be evaluated |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Cream of Macrogol cetostearyl ethers | Biological | The cream will be applied on the volar aspect of both arms for 1 hour |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| The level of anxiety experienced by children undergoing allergy skin tests and receiving application of local anesthetic cream and/or care and treatment from medical clowns | 1.5 hour |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Severity of pain experienced by these children | 1.5 hour |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Arnon Goldberg, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, Meir Medical Center | Kfar Saba | 44281 | Israel |
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| Cream of Lidocaine 2.5 %.and Prilocaine 2.5 % | Drug | 1-2 gr. of the cream will be applied on the volar aspect of the second arm; for 1 hour |
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| Care and treatment from a medical clown | Behavioral | Medical clown will entertain the children before, during and after performing the skin test. Placebo cream will be applied on both arms. |
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| Care and treatment from a medical clown | Behavioral | Medical clown will entertain the children, placebo cream will be applied on one arm and anesthetic cream on the second arm |
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| ID | Term |
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| D001008 | Anxiety Disorders |
| ID | Term |
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| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
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| ID | Term |
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| D002592 | Cetomacrogol |
| ID | Term |
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| D011092 | Polyethylene Glycols |
| D005026 | Ethylene Glycols |
| D006018 | Glycols |
| D000438 | Alcohols |
| D009930 | Organic Chemicals |
| D011108 | Polymers |
| D046911 | Macromolecular Substances |
| D001697 | Biomedical and Dental Materials |
| D008420 | Manufactured Materials |
| D013676 | Technology, Industry, and Agriculture |
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