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Comparison of Epidural, Combined and Dural Puncture Labor Epidural on Pain, and Course of Vaginal Delivery

Not Applicable
Conditions
Analgesia
Labor Pain
Interventions
Procedure: regional analgesia for labor
Registration Number
NCT04290702
Lead Sponsor
University of Athens
Brief Summary

The three standard techniques used for labor analgesia, thus epidural, combined spinal-epidural and dural puncture epidural will be compared regarding their impact on pain intensity, analgesic and local anesthetic consumption and course of vaginal delivery in a prospective, randomised, double blind manner

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
90
Inclusion Criteria
  • parturients requiring regional labor analgesia
  • dilation less than 5cm
Exclusion Criteria
  • contraindication for regional technique
  • refuse to participate
  • language barriers
  • obesity
  • no pain

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
dural puncture epiduralregional analgesia for labor-
epiduralregional analgesia for labor-
combinedregional analgesia for labor-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
analgesic consumptionduring the procedure/delivery

the amount of local anesthetic and opioid that required during labor

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
pain intensity on a numerical rating scale (minimum=0, maximum=10)during the procedure/delivery

pain intensity

duration of laboruntil delivery

duration of first stage

satisfaction on a numerical rating scale (minimum=0, maximum=10)during the procedure/delivery

satisfaction of parturients

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Aretaieio Hospital

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Athens, Greece

Aretaieio Hospital, University of Athens

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Athens, Attiki, Greece

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