# Lumbar Punctures in Neonates: Improving Success Rates and Minimizing Pain

> **NCT01606150** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Georgetown University** · enrollment: 5 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Meningitis

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** 1% lidocaine
- **DRUG:** topical lidocaine

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01606150
- **Lead sponsor:** Georgetown University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2012-11
- **Primary completion:** 2014-07
- **Final completion:** 2014-07
- **Target enrollment:** 5 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Investigator left the insititution
- **Last updated:** 2016-12-13


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01606150

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01606150, "Lumbar Punctures in Neonates: Improving Success Rates and Minimizing Pain". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01606150. Licensed CC0.

---

*[Clinical trials dataset](/datasets/clinical-trials) · CC0 1.0*