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A clinical trial to study the effect of spinal morphine in reducing the requirement of locally anesthetizing drugs in labour analgesia

Recruiting
Conditions
Pregnancy - labour pain
Registration Number
CTRI/2020/03/024119
Lead Sponsor
AIIMS New Delhi
Brief Summary

A double blinded RCT on the analgesic efficacy and local anesthetic sapring effect of intrathecal morphine as adjunct for labour analgesia .

Patients will be allocated to one of the two groups.

Group M- Patients who will receive intrathecal morphine 250 μg along with bupivacaine 2 mg and fentanyl 25 μg

Group F- Patients who will receive normal saline (0.25 ml) along with bupivacaine 2mg and fentanyl 25μg

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Open to Recruitment
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
70
Inclusion Criteria

1.ASA I and II 2.Primi gravida/ Mutigravida, para 0 3.Uncomplicated singleton pregnancy 4.Vertex presentation 5.Active labour 6.Requesting for labour analgesia.

Exclusion Criteria
  • Local or systemic infection.
  • Patient not willing to participate.
  • Known allergy to study drugs.
  • Bleeding disorders.
  • Decreased platelet counts.
  • Usage of opioids/other analgesics in last 4hours.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Effect of intrathecal morphine on Local anaesthetic requirement epidurally during labourEvery 30 minutes till delivery, then every 6 hours postnatal till 24 hours.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Effect of intrathecal morphine on1. Pain scores by VAS in I, II and III stages of labour

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

All India Institute if medical sciences

🇮🇳

Delhi, DELHI, India

All India Institute if medical sciences
🇮🇳Delhi, DELHI, India
DrRushil Vladimir
Principal investigator
9811461831
rushilvladimir94@gmail.com

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