NCT07493018Not yet recruiting
Effect of Hand Puppet and Squeeze Toys on IV Placement in Pediatric Oncology Patients
The Effect of Hand Puppet and Squeeze Toy Techniques on Fear, Emotional Expression, and Procedure Success During Peripheral IV Catheter Placement in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 30 Mar 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This randomized controlled trial investigates hand puppet and squeeze toy techniques to reduce fear, emotional distress, and procedure time, and improve IV catheter placement success in 90 pediatric hematology-oncology patients (ages 6-10). Participants will be randomized into three groups: hand puppet, squeeze toy, or control. Outcomes include fear, emotional expression, procedure duration, number of attempts, and first-attempt success.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 90 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 20 Mar 2026
- Start date
- May 2026
- Primary completion date
- Oct 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Akdeniz University
- Diseases
- Childhood cancers
- NCT number
- NCT07493018
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 90
- From May 2026 to the primary completion date, Oct 2026
- No sites listed in no country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Physical condition preventing use of a squeeze toy.
- Cognitive or developmental disorders preventing understanding of procedural instructions.
Other
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Who the study is looking for
- Children aged 6-10 years with a pediatric hematology or oncology diagnosis.
- Cognitively able to understand instructions during the procedure.
- Require peripheral IV catheter placement as determined by the healthcare team.
- Difficult Intravenous Access (DIVA) Score ≥4.
- Child and parent/guardian willing to participate.
Age in the registry: 6 years to 10 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
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