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Neuroaxial Labour Analgesia

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Labor Analgesia
Interventions
Procedure: Dural Puncture Epidural Technique
Procedure: Combined Spinal Epidural without intrathecal opioids
Procedure: epidural
Registration Number
NCT03980951
Lead Sponsor
Wahba bakhet
Brief Summary

The primary outcome of this clinical trial is to compare the pain scores during labour and delivery of combined spinal epidural without intrathecal opioids and dural puncture epidural

The secondary objective of this study is to compare the and fetomaternal outcomes

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
120
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Nulliparous parturient
  2. Singleton, vertex gestation at term (37-42 weeks)
  3. Less than 5 cm dilation
  4. request an epidural technique for labor analgesia
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Hypersensitivity to local the study drugs
  2. Clinically significant disease , including diseases of pregnancy (i.e preeclampsia, gestational diabetes)
  3. Any contraindication to the administration of an epidural technique
  4. Risk factor for cesarean delivery.
  5. fetal anomalies

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
dura puncture epidural groupDural Puncture Epidural TechniqueBupivacaine 0.125% with Fentanyl 2 mcg/mL, 20 mL load over 5 min
combined spinal epidural groupCombined Spinal Epidural without intrathecal opioidsBupivacaine 2.5 mg
epiduralepiduralBupivacaine 0.125% with Fentanyl 2 mcg/mL, 20 mL load over 5 min
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
epidural Local anesthetic consumption1 year
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
incidence of fetal bradycardia1 year

a fetal heart rate of less than 100 beats per minute

Maternal hypotension1 year

maternal mean arterial blood pressure less than 50 mmhg

incidence of maternal pruritus1 year

Participants will be assessed for pruritus every hour, by grading the severity on a scale ranging from 0-3; 0 = none, 1 = mild, 2= moderate and 3 = severe

labour pain scores1 year

Visual analogue scale with its 0 to 10 score range: (0 (no pain) to 10 ( Severe pain)

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Ain Shams University

🇪🇬

Cairo, Abbasyia, Egypt

Elite Hospital

🇰🇼

Kuwait, Abbasyia, Kuwait

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