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How the Method of Bladder Emptying After Epidural Placement in Labor Affects Postpartum Voiding

NCT07125326 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 564

Last updated 2026-02-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

At least ten percent of patients have postpartum urinary retention or difficulty urinating after birth, which can cause incontinence and other urinary problems long-term. After getting an epidural placed, patients should be numb in their pelvic region. This numbness makes it difficult to feel the need to urinate, so patients need a urinary catheter placed to empty the bladder. Some patients have one catheter placed throughout their labor and others have a catheter placed to empty the bladder then removed every few hours. The investigators are studying whether placing a catheter once or catheterizing multiple times affects the rate of postpartum urinary problems and infection.

Conditions

  • Urinary Retention
  • Urinary Tract Infection (Diagnosis)
  • Postpartum Acute Urinary Retention
  • Postpartum Care
  • Voiding Dysfunction

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Intermittent catheterization

intermittent bladder catheterization every four hours, or shorter intervals if volume exceeds 500mL per expert recommendation

PROCEDURE

Continuous catheterization

One catheter is placed in the bladder until pushing

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Pittsburgh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anna Binstock, MD · UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-12-09
Primary Completion
2026-08-31
Completion
2027-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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