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
Active Locations (1)
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Good Samaritan TriHealth Hosptial
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45220