9 completed, 6 not yet recruiting, 5 unknown, 1 recruiting. 20 Not applicable, 1 Phase 4.
| Phase | Trials | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Not applicable | 20 | Completed 9, Not yet recruiting 5, Unknown 4, Recruiting 1, Withdrawn 1 |
| Phase 4 | 1 | Not yet recruiting 1 |
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| Trial | Phase | Status | Sponsor | Enrollment | Start | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pain Perception During Intra-Articular Knee Joint Injection: What is the Effect of Needle Gauge and the Use of Ethyl Chloride? 25 gauge needle, 22 gauge needle, +/- Ethyl Chloride Topical Aerosol Anesthetic - Osteoarthritis (OA) of the Knee, Fear of Needles | Phase 4 | Not yet recruiting | University of California, Davis | 88 | 2026-12-01 | 2026-09-16 |
| Hypnotherapy for Needle-related Procedural Pain and Anxiety Management in a Pediatric Setting Hypnotherapy - Arthritis, Juvenile, Arthritis, Juvenile Idiopathic | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | Aarhus University Hospital | 70 | 2026-03-01 | 2026-01-20 |
| Palm Stimulator Use During Peripheral Venous Catheterization Palm Stimulator Group - Procedural Pain, Cancer | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | Zeliha CENGİZ | 90 | 2026-02-20 | 2026-02-06 |
| Nonpharmacological Management of Pain and Fear During Hormone Injection in Breast Cancer Patients ShotBlocker device, This involves rhythmic, gentle tapping with the fingertips on the skin surrounding the gluteal injection site. - Breast Cancer, Pain Management | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | Inonu University | 99 | 2026-02-10 | 2026-02-13 |
| Effects of Cold Spray and Buzzy Device an Pain and Fear During Penicillin Injection Cold Spray Intervention Group, Buzy Device Intervention Group, Control Group - Injection, Pain Management | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | Inonu University | 90 | 2026-02-05 | 2026-02-18 |
| Effects of Rain Stick and Musical Egg on Pain, Fear and Anxiety Rain Stick, Musical Egg - Procedural Pain, Procedural Anxiety | Not applicable | Completed | Hakkari Universitesi | 120 | 2025-10-22 | 2026-07-08 |
| Exposure-Based CBT for Youth With Blood and Injection Phobia and Chronic Illness Exposure based CBT - Blood Injury Phobia, Injection Fear | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | Region Stockholm | 30 | 2025-09-01 | 2025-08-15 |
| Thimble Mindfulness App and Recovery Patch Descriptions Thimble Application - Needle Fear, Vaccine Hesitancy | Not applicable | Withdrawn | Bianca Edison | 2025-04-01 | 2025-04-30 | |
| Does Ethyl Chloride Spray Work? Ethyl Chloride, Cold Saline Spray - Injection Fear, Injection Pain Prevention | Not applicable | Recruiting | University of Chicago | 246 | 2025-04-01 | 2026-10-08 |
| Effect of Acupressure Therapy on Pain, Fear, and Post-Injection Satisfaction in Patients Undergoing IM Injection Pain, Fear of injection, Post-injection satisfaction - Injection Fear, Injection Site | Not applicable | Completed | Eastern Mediterranean University | 68 | 2024-11-15 | 2025-07-14 |
| Effects of Self-Selected Music on Self-Injection Fear, Blood Glucose Testing Fear, and Pain Self-Selected Music Listening - Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), Pain | Not applicable | Completed | Dicle University | 60 | 2024-03-31 | 2026-08-27 |
| Efficacy of Manuel Pressure and Local Cold Spray in Reducing Injection Pain in Pregnant Women Cold Spray, Manuel Pressure, Standard Injection Procedure - Pain, Acute, Alloimmunisation in Pregnancy | Not applicable | Unknown | Gulsum Coskun | 129 | 2023-12-01 | 2024-06-05 |
| Coolsense and Buzzy Use on Pain Score and Anxiety Level During Insulin Injection Application Coolsense and Buzzy - Injection Fear, Injection Site Coldness | Not applicable | Completed | Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University | 90 | 2023-07-01 | 2026-02-20 |
| The Effect of Infrared Light Use in Oncology Patients Receiving Chemotherapy Vascular imaging - Pain, Fear Needles | Not applicable | Unknown | Uludag University | 126 | 2023-06-17 | 2023-06-08 |
| Testing Different Methods of Intramuscular Injection Helfer Skin Tap Technique, ShotBlocker Technique, Standard Technique - Injection Fear, Injection Site Bruising | Not applicable | Completed | Muş Alparslan University | 40 | 2023-05-01 | 2024-03-25 |
| Photobiomodulation for Controlling Pre-Local Anesthetic Injection Pain Photobiomodulation, Mepivacaine hydrochloride in combination with epinephrine, Photobiomodulation simulation - Fear Needles | Not applicable | Completed | University of Nove de Julho | 50 | 2023-02-15 | 2024-07-18 |
| Determining Whether There is a Change in Time Taken to Return to Homeostatic Temperature With Repeated Exposure to a Cold Stressor Metal block - Needle Phobia, Needle Fear | Not applicable | Unknown | The Whiteley Clinic | 5 | 2023-02-01 | 2023-02-06 |
| Vapocoolant Spray Application During Intraarticular Knee Injection Topical Cooling Spray, Saline spray as Placebo - Osteo Arthritis Knee, Injection Site Discomfort | Not applicable | Unknown | Istanbul Rumeli University | 150 | 2022-10-20 | 2022-10-21 |
| ShotBloker and Helfer Skin Tap Technique During Intramuscular Injection in Children Helfer skin tap technique, Shot Blocker - Pain, Acute, Fear | Not applicable | Completed | Tarsus University | 177 | 2022-04-10 | 2023-11-27 |
| Prevalance of Intraoral Injection Fear Injection Fear, Fear, Avoidance, Dental | Unknown | Cairo University | 184 | 2020-09-01 | 2020-05-04 |
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Inonu University (3) · Aarhus University Hospital (1) · Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University (1) · Bianca Edison (1) · Cairo University (1) · Dicle University (1) · Eastern Mediterranean University (1) · Gulsum Coskun (1) · Hakkari Universitesi (1) · Istanbul Rumeli University (1) · Izmir University of Economics (1) · Muş Alparslan University (1) · Region Stockholm (1) · Tarsus University (1) · The Whiteley Clinic (1)
Turkey (Türkiye) (12) · United States (3) · Brazil (1) · Denmark (1) · United Kingdom (1)
Anna Carolina Horliana, PhD (1) · Bianca Edison, MD (1) · Filiz Ogce, Prof (1) · Mark S Whiteley, MS FRCS (Gen) MB BS (1) · Mike Kemani, PhD (1)
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