# Use of Sucrose to Relieve Pain During Eye Exams in Infants

> **NCT00161694** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Weill Medical College of Cornell University** · enrollment: 300 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Apnea of Prematurity
- Retinopathy of Prematurity
- Pain

## Interventions

- **DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT:** sucrose solution

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00161694
- **Lead sponsor:** Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2005-07
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** —
- **Target enrollment:** 300 (ESTIMATED)
- **Why stopped:** results did not show intervention was beneficial
- **Last updated:** 2008-06-04


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00161694

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00161694, "Use of Sucrose to Relieve Pain During Eye Exams in Infants". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00161694. Licensed CC0.

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