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

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Analgesia; Labor Pain

• 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

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-01-19
• Study Start: 2020-02-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-02-27
• Status Verified: 2020-03
• Study First Posted: 2020-03-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-03-04
• Last Update Posted: 2020-03-05
• Primary Completion: 2021-12
• Study Completion: 2021-12

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

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
analgesic consumption	during the procedure/delivery	the amount of local anesthetic and opioid that required during labor

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
pain intensity on a numerical rating scale (minimum=0, maximum=10)	during the procedure/delivery	pain intensity
duration of labor	until 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, University of Athens; 🇬🇷 Athens, Attiki, Greece

Aretaieio Hospital; 🇬🇷 Athens, Greece