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Conversion of Labor Analgesia for Intrapartum Cesarean Delivery: DPE v CSE v Epidural

NCT05514431 · Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1500

Last updated 2025-08-17

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Summary

As the dural puncture epidural (DPE) is increasing in popularity for labor analgesia, it is important to understand how it impacts outcomes in parturients. Prior studies have found epidural catheters placed via the combined-spinal epidural technique have greater success at surgical conversion for cesarean delivery than catheters placed via traditional techniques. The investigators aim to determine if epidural catheters placed by a DPE technique will also have an increased successful conversion for surgical anesthesia by conducting a retrospective review of all CD during the study period. If an association is found, this could be another benefit of DPE for labor analgesia.

Conditions

  • Anesthesia
  • Analgesia

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Epidural

Traditional epidural catheter placement

PROCEDURE

Dural Puncture Epidural (DPE) technique

Epidural catheters placed via DPE technique

PROCEDURE

Combined Spinal-Epidural (CSE) technique

Epidural catheters placed via CSE technique

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of British Columbia

    collaborator OTHER

  • Mayo Clinic

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Emily Sharpe, MD · Mayo Clinic

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-02-01
Primary Completion
2026-07-31
Completion
2026-07-31

Countries

  • United States
  • Canada

Study Locations

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