# Ethyl Chloride Spray Versus Subcutaneous Lidocaine Anaesthetic Prior to Contraceptive Implant Insertion

> **NCT02651207** · — · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **Tayside Medical Science Centre**

## Conditions studied

- Contraception

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Questionnaire based study looking at pain scores felt by patients either having a lidocaine injection or ethyl chloride spray prior to insertion of a contraceptive implant

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02651207
- **Lead sponsor:** Tayside Medical Science Centre
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2016-11
- **Primary completion:** 2016-11
- **Final completion:** 2016-11
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** decided not to do study. This will be run as a service evaluation instead
- **Last updated:** 2017-02-20


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02651207

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02651207, "Ethyl Chloride Spray Versus Subcutaneous Lidocaine Anaesthetic Prior to Contraceptive Implant Insertion". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-08 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02651207. Licensed CC0.

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