WithdrawnNot Applicable

Epidural Loading Prior to Catheter Insertion

Stopped: It was decided that this study was not feasible at our institution.

United States0Started 2013-01

Plain-language summary

This study explores the potential for a more rapid onset of pain relief when drug administration is performed through the epidural needle, a technique of epidural loading that provides a rapid and reliable level of labor analgesia without the disadvantages of a combined spinal-epidural, and could add a valuable new tool to anesthesiologists.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion criteria

✓. subjects who have volunteered and consented to participation in the study upon admission to labor and delivery
✓. parturients in active labor requesting epidural analgesia
✓. uncomplicated pregnancy with a reassuring fetal heart tracing
✓. age≥18 years

Exclusion criteria

✕. contraindication to epidural anesthesia
✕. inability to read, comprehend, and sign the informed consent form
✕. fetal intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR)
✕. non-reassuring fetal heart tracing
✕. cervical dilation greater than 7cm
✕. intra-uterine fetal demise
✕. any spinal pathology or neurologic disease
✕. history of chronic pain

What they're measuring

Mean VAS pain score

Timeframe: 20 minutes

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02883283

SponsorOhio State University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2014-01

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