Status:
COMPLETED
Epidural Analgesia in Different Cervix Diameter and the Rate of Cesarean Delivery
Lead Sponsor:
Nanjing Medical University
Collaborating Sponsors:
HRSA/Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Conditions:
Labor Pain
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18-45 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Epidural analgesia in the early stage of labor at cervix \< 4.0cm was considered as a risk period for increasing the rate of cesarean delivery. The more recent studies and the investigators' previous ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Nulliparous women
- \> 18 years and \< 45 years
- Spontaneous labor
- Analgesia request
Exclusion
- Allergy to opioids, a history of the use of centrally-acting drugs of any sort, chronic pain and psychiatric diseases records
- Participants younger than 18 years or older than 45 years
- Those who were not willing to or could not finish the whole study at any time
- Using or used in the past 14 days of the monoamine oxidase inhibitors
- Alcohol addictive or narcotic dependent patients were excluded for their influence on the analgesic efficacy of the epidural analgesics;
- Subjects with a nonvertex presentation or scheduled induction of labor
- Cervical dilation was 5.0cm or greater before performing epidural puncture and catheterization.
- Diagnosed diabetes mellitus and pregnancy-induced hypertension
- Twin gestation and breech presentation.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
780 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00677274
Start Date
May 1 2008
End Date
August 1 2008
Last Update
February 12 2009
Active Locations (1)
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Nanjing Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, 210004