Combined Ketorolac and Lidocaine Paracervical Block for Office Hysteroscopy

October 29, 2025 updated by: Charles Ascher-Walsh, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Combined Ketorolac and Lidocaine Paracervical Block for Office Hysteroscopy: a Randomized Controlled Trial

A randomized double-blind placebo controlled trial comparing the effect of a combined ketorolac and lidocaine paracervical block with a standard lidocaine paracervical block on procedure related pain with office hysteroscopies.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Recruiting

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

A randomized double-blind placebo controlled trial comparing the effect of a combined ketorolac and lidocaine paracervical block with a standard lidocaine paracervical block on procedure related pain with office hysteroscopies. Primary Objective: To study the effect of a combined ketorolac and lidocaine paracervical block on procedure related pain with office hysteroscopy. Secondary Objectives: To study the effect of a combined ketorolac and lidocaine paracervical block on patient satisfaction and post procedure pain. To assess for major adverse events with the use of a combined ketorolac and lidocaine paracervical block for office hysteroscopy when compared with a standard lidocaine paracervical block. Primary Endpoint: Pain on a 100 mm visual analogue scale during cervical dilation. Secondary Endpoints: Pain on a 100 mm visual analogue scale during the paracervical block, during the office hysteroscopy, immediately after the hysteroscopy, and 30 minutes after the procedure. Other secondary endpoints include patient satisfaction, frequency of procedure termination, and adverse events. Patients assigned female at birth, booked for office hysteroscopy at Mount Sinai Hospital faculty practice associates. Patients scheduled for office hysteroscopy through seeing a Gynecologist at either 5 E 98th Street Faculty Practice Associates or 1176 5th Avenue Gynecology Practice. 5 E 98th Street primarily cares for privately insured patients, while 1176 5th Avenue cares for a mix of privately insured as well as patients insured with Medicaid. Regardless of recruitment site, all office hysteroscopies will be performed at the 5 E 98th Street facility. A randomized controlled trial designed to investigate if ketorolac added to a paracervical block reduces procedure related pain. Patient will be randomized to a standard paracervical block versus a paracervical block with ketorolac added. The study will be conducted over two years. Patients will be followed for the duration of the two-year study period.

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

Enrollment

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60

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

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Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

  • United States
    • New York
      • New York, New York, United States, 10029
        • Recruiting
        • Mount Sinai
        • Contact:
          • Charles Ascher-Walsh, MD
        • Contact:
          • Virginia Flatow, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Kathleen E Ackert

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients assigned female at birth,
  • booked for office hysteroscopy at Mount Sinai Hospital faculty practice associates.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Allergy to ketorolac or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications
  • Allergy to lidocaine
  • Presence of thrombocytopenia
  • Contraindications to lidocaine
  • History of gastritis or gastric ulcer
  • Acute renal failure or chronic renal disease
  • Chronic liver disease
  • History of bleeding diathesis
  • Long term narcotic use

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Placebo Comparator: Lidocaine alone
Paracervical block will be performed with just lidocaine
Procedure: paracervical block
paracervical block with office hysteroscopy
Drug: Lidocaine
Dosage: 20 mL of 1% lidocaine
Experimental: Lidocaine plus ketorolac
Paracervical block will be performed with lidocaine plus ketorolac
Procedure: paracervical block
paracervical block with office hysteroscopy
Drug: Lidocaine
Dosage: 20 mL of 1% lidocaine
Drug: ketorolac
Dosage: 2 mL (30 mg) of ketorolac

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Pain visual analogue scale (VAS)
Time Frame: during procedure (cervical dilation)

Pain as measured on a 100 mm visual analogue scale (VAS) with cervical dilation.

Full scale scored from 0-100, higher score indicates more pain.
during procedure (cervical dilation)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Pain visual analogue scale (VAS)
Time Frame: with paracervical block, during procedure, immediately after procedure, thirty minutes after the procedure
Pain as measured on a 100 mm visual analogue scale (VAS). Full scale scored from 0-100, higher score indicates more pain..
with paracervical block, during procedure, immediately after procedure, thirty minutes after the procedure
Patient Satisfaction
Time Frame: with paracervical block, during procedure, immediately after procedure, thirty minutes after the procedure
Full scale scored from 0-100, higher score indicates (better or poorer) health outcomes.
with paracervical block, during procedure, immediately after procedure, thirty minutes after the procedure
Frequency of procedure termination
Time Frame: with paracervical block, during procedure, immediately after procedure, thirty minutes after the procedure
Number of times of procedure termination
with paracervical block, during procedure, immediately after procedure, thirty minutes after the procedure

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Charles Ascher-Walsh, MD, Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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February 27, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

Primary Completion

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September 1, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
September 1, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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October 20, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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October 20, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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October 22, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

Last Update Posted

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October 31, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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October 29, 2025

Last Verified

Last Verified

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September 1, 2025

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Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • STUDY-23-01631

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

All of the individual participant data collected during the trial, after deidentification.

IPD Sharing Time Frame

Immediately following publication. No end date.

IPD Sharing Access Criteria

Anyone who wishes to access the data. To achieve aims in the approved proposal. Proposals may be submitted up to 36 months following article publication. After 36 months the data will be available in our University's data warehouse but without investigator support other than deposited metadata.

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL
  • SAP
  • ICF
  • CSR

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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