TerminatedNot Applicable

Intermittent Automated Devices for Labor Analgesia in Emilia Romagna

Stopped: Stopped funding by Regional Healthcare System.

Italy671 participantsStarted 2014-12-23

Plain-language summary

The study aims to determine whether the use of automated intermittent devices for labor analgesia could prevent the increase of instrumental deliveries, with same analgesia. Moreover it will evaluate if automated devices can allow a reduction of health-care burden.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion criteria

✓. Nulliparous women at full-term pregnancy single fetus and vertex presentation, hospitalized for harbingers of labor and cervical dilation less than 5 cm
✓. Numeric Rate Scale \> 5

Exclusion criteria

✕. patients aged under 18 years
✕. patients with ongoing administration of oxytocin
✕. patients with no indications to epidural analgesia
✕. patients with inability to place the epidural catheter for technical difficulty
✕. patients with parenteral administration of opioids
✕. multiparous women
✕. patients unable to understand the objectives and procedures of the study

What they're measuring

Rate of instrumental delivery

Timeframe: Through labor completion

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02710877

SponsorUniversity of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2017-12-27

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