Status:

COMPLETED

Use of Peanut Labor Ball Following Epidural Anesthesia

Lead Sponsor:

TriHealth Inc.

Conditions:

Pregnancy

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-50 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to look at the impact of using the Peanut Labor Ball (PLB) after epidural anesthesia in patients who have never given birth. The study will measure the impact on the length...

Detailed Description

See above

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Any nulliparous woman age ≥18 years presenting in labor (or for induction of labor) with:
  • Gestation: 37 0/7weeks- 41 6/7weeks -early, full, and late term gestations (ACOG, 2013).
  • Single gestation
  • Vertex presentation
  • Plans to deliver with epidural anesthesia

Exclusion

  • A complication of pregnancy at the time of admission (including known fetal anomalies or placental anomalies)
  • Any muscular or skeletal limitations of the patient that does not allow for positioning with the peanut labor ball (PLB)
  • An inability to speak or understand English language
  • Preterm gestation: \<36 6/7 weeks or Post-term \>42 0/7weeks
  • A multiple gestation
  • Non-vertex presentation
  • Diabetes including Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)
  • Order for magnesium sulfate infusion
  • Plan for delivery without epidural
  • Planned cesarean delivery

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

204 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02190591

Start Date

May 1 2014

End Date

August 1 2015

Last Update

April 6 2017

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Good Samaritan TriHealth Hosptial

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45220