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Ropivacaine 0.75% Versus Levobupivacaine 0.5% for Conversion of Labour Epidural

NCT01160965 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2011-12-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this trial is to compare the local anaesthetic ropivacaine to local anaesthetic levobupivacaine in converting the standard patient controlled labour epidural to provide anaesthesia for an emergency Caesarean section. This is a technique commonly known as an epidural top-up. The investigators set out to disprove the hypothesis that there is no difference between the 2 local anaesthetics in the time of onset and number of times epidural top-up needs supplementing during surgery.

Conditions

  • Caesarean Section

Interventions

DRUG

0.5% levobupivacaine

15mls of a 5mg/ml solution of the local anaesthetic levobupivacaine given via the epidural catheter.

DRUG

0.75% Ropivacaine

15mls of a 7.5mg/ml solution of the local anaesthetic ropivacaine given via the epidural catheter.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • geraldine e o'sullivan, MBBCh · Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-08-31
Primary Completion
2013-08-31
Completion
2014-08-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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