Labor Analgesia With Ropivacaine and Clonidine

NCT00626977 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2015-07-08

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Summary

The aim of the present study was to examine, for pain relief during labor, the efficacy of two pharmacological approaches - the 0.125% ropivacaine alone and the 0.0625% ropivacaine added to 75 ug clonidine, both by epidural administration. The effect of the drugs on mother and newborn was also determined.

Conditions

  • Labor Pain

Interventions

DRUG

ropivacaine

15 ml of ropivacaine 0.125% peridural once

DRUG

ropivacaine and clonidine

15 ml of ropivacaine 0.0625% plus 75 mcg clonidine

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, UNESP, Botucatu, Brasil

    collaborator OTHER
  • Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior.

    collaborator OTHER_GOV
  • UPECLIN HC FM Botucatu Unesp

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Giane Nakamura, MD PHd · College Study of Medicine

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2000-05-31
Primary Completion
2000-05-31
Completion
2001-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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