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A Study on the Effect of Position on Walking Labour Epidural Efficacy

NCT04469101 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 216

Last updated 2021-10-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study is being done to better understand how patient positioning can affect pain relief after an epidural. In addition to pain, the investigators will assess how position affects epidural spread, and its effects on maternal blood pressure and fetal heart rate.

Conditions

  • Labor Pain
  • Analgesia, Epidural

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Lumbar Epidural

Parturients will have an epidural placed in the upright seated position as per institution standard. After epidural placement, they will be positioned as per their randomization. They will then have a total of 20 cc of epidural solution (0.08% ropivacaine with 2 mcg per cc of fentanyl) injected into the epidural in boluses of 5 cc every 5 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Saskatchewan

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Monica San Vicente, MD · University of Saskatchewan

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-05-31
Primary Completion
2022-07-31
Completion
2022-10-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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