Status:
UNKNOWN
Do Epidurals Placed at a Lower Level Improve Labor Analgesia?
Lead Sponsor:
Royal Victoria Hospital, Canada
Conditions:
Labor Analgesia
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The investigators wish to compare the analgesia provided by epidurals placed high in the lumbar spine versus epidurals place low in the lumbar spine.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- women in active labor
Exclusion
- known contraindications to epidural analgesia
- moderate to severe systemic illness as evidenced by an American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score of 3 or higher.
- known abnormalities of the spinal column
- any neurologic illness
- multiple gestations, fetal abnormalities or fetal presentation other than vertex
- recent history of analgesic usage
- an inability to communicate in English or French
- Body Mass Index greater than 40
- patients in pain requesting an immediate epidural
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
January 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00954317
Start Date
September 1 2009
End Date
January 1 2014
Last Update
November 30 2012
Active Locations (1)
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Royal Victoria Hospital
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 1A1