Juvenile Postlumbar Puncture Headache After Puncture With Needles With Quincke Tip or With Sprotte Tip
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00450060 |
Recruitment Status
: Unknown
Verified March 2007 by Heidelberg University.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted
: March 21, 2007
Last Update Posted
: March 21, 2007
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Headache | Device: lumbar puncture with Quincke-design needles Device: lumbar puncture with Sprotte-design needles | Not Applicable |
After lumbar puncture patients may develop complaints as position dependent headache, other headache or backache. Several though not all studies in adults showed that the frequency of complaints can be reduced by using non-traumatic Sprotte-design needles instead of cutting Quincke-design needles. In children and adolescents there are no comparable data published. In most pediatric hospitals in Germany Quincke needles are used.
Comparison: Children and adolescents from 4 to 18 years of age who have to undergo a lumbar puncture are randomly attributed to puncture with Quincke needle or with Sprotte needle. During the following days headache (main criterium), position-dependent headache, backache, vomitus, and malaise are noted. Pain is measured with a visual analogue scale/faces scale.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Enrollment : | 150 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Postlumbar Puncture Complaints After Lumbar Punctures in Children and Adolescents: Frequency and Impact by Compariosn of Two Needle Designs |
Study Start Date : | January 2007 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2007 |

- headache frequency
- headache intensity
- position dependent-headache frequency
- position dependent-headache intensity
- backache frequency
- backache intensity
- practicability of needle designs (multiple punctures necessary?, longer lasting?

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 4 Years to 18 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- lumbar puncture necessary for diagnostic reasons
Exclusion Criteria:
- intrathecal instillation at lumbar puncture
- patients in whom severity of disease make it impossible to judge endpoint criteria

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00450060
Contact: Friedrich Ebinger, DM | #49-6221-568488 | friedrich.ebinger@med.uni-heidelberg.de |
Germany | |
University Pediatric Hospital | Recruiting |
Heidelberg, Germany, 69120 | |
Contact: Friedrich Ebinger, DM #49-6221-568488 friedrich.ebinger@med.uni-heidelberg.de | |
Principal Investigator: Friedrich Ebinger, DM | |
Klinik für Kinderheilkunde und Jugendmedizin | Recruiting |
Heilbronn, Germany, 74078 |
Study Chair: | Friedrich Ebinger, DM | University Pediatric Hospital Heidelberg |
Publications:
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00450060 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
PLPH-01/07 |
First Posted: | March 21, 2007 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 21, 2007 |
Last Verified: | March 2007 |
Keywords provided by Heidelberg University:
postlumbar puncture headache atraumatic needle Sprotte Quincke |
lumbar puncture headache backache |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Headache Post-Dural Puncture Headache Pain Neurologic Manifestations Nervous System Diseases |
Signs and Symptoms Headache Disorders, Secondary Headache Disorders Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases |