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

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Nanjing Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital

Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, 210004