Status:

TERMINATED

Continuous Labor Epidural Catheter for Tubal Ligation Study

Lead Sponsor:

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Conditions:

Tubal Ligation

Bilateral Tubal Ligation

Eligibility:

FEMALE

19-45 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study is to study the success rate of using the epidural catheter that was placed during the labor for the surgical anesthesia to perform a postpartum tubal ligation.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) 1-3 postpartum women desiring Postpartum Bilateral Tubal Ligation (PPBTL) for infertility
  • Functional epidural catheter placed for labor and delivery analgesia
  • The epidural is still taped within 1cm of the original depth when it was functional for labor analgesia
  • 1-45 years of age

Exclusion

  • ASA 4 status
  • History of dural puncture ("wet tap") during initial epidural catheter insertion
  • History of marginal or inadequate epidural analgesia for labor
  • Cesarean section for delivery
  • Examination demonstrates that the indwelling catheter has migrated more than 1 cm from the original depth when secured
  • The end of indwelling epidural catheter appears to have not been capped appropriately or the cap was not maintained intact
  • Prolonged sensory or motor block, bladder or anal sphincter dysfunction, nerve damage, inability to ambulate, post-dural puncture headache (PDHD), or seizures, during or after delivery and following cessation of the epidural catheter dosing
  • Pseudocholinesterase deficiency
  • Allergy to Nesacaine® (chloroprocaine) or lidocaine
  • General anesthesia provided for delivery
  • History of substance abuse disorder
  • History of major psychiatric disorder
  • Non-English reading/speaking participants

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

18 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00898443

Start Date

October 1 2008

End Date

August 1 2010

Last Update

August 7 2012

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University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35249