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Comparison of Programmed Intermittent Epidural Bolus With Continuous Epidural Infusion for Labor Epidural Analgesia

Not Applicable
Conditions
Labor Analgesia
Interventions
Procedure: Epidural analgesia
Procedure: Continuous epidural infusion
Procedure: Intermittent epidural bolus
Registration Number
NCT02873091
Lead Sponsor
Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital
Brief Summary

Sixteen million babies were born in 2010, approximately half were by cesarean. Labor analgesia should be the first choice for these parturients based on the consideration of security and humanization. However this labor analgesia rate is quite low in China (\<5%) while in western country, this rate is up to 60%. Programmed intermittent epidural bolus (PIEB) is the latest technique for labor analgesia which has less neurotoxicity theoretically compared with Continuous Epidural Infusion(CEI) with Patient controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) which is used most commonly. In that study, they reported less total local anesthetic consumption, fewer manual bolus doses and greater patient satisfaction with the PIEB technique. In China, multiple factors contribute to the reasons of low labor analgesia rate. From the patient's point of view, worrying about unsatisfied analgesia, and not adapted to the symptoms of motor block, such as inability to move their legs distressing, both are important reasons of refusing labor analgesia and preferring to cesarean delivery. Therefore, in this clinical trial, we plan to find a safer and more effective regimen for labor analgesia in Chineseparturients. This clinical trial is designed to prove PIEB used Ropivacaine is safer and more effective than CEI for labor analgesia in Chinese parturients.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
186
Inclusion Criteria
  • Subjects who agree to join this study
  • Age: 22y-40y
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status 1 or 2
  • Gestation : 37-41 weeks
  • Primipara
  • Singleton fetus and head presentation
  • In early labor: cervical dilation for 1-3cm
  • Requesting labor epidural analgesia
Exclusion Criteria
  • Contraindication for epidural analgesia
  • Height less than 150 cm or more than 170 cm
  • Morbid obesity (BMI more than 35)
  • High-risk pregnancy:(gestational diabetes mellitus, gestational hypertension, placenta previa, placental abruption, preeclampsia)
  • Received parenteral opioids
  • Unable to perform motor block evaluation tests

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
CEIropivacaineInitial loading dose:10 ml (0.125% ropivacaine with 0.4 μg/ml sufentanil) Epidural infusion with maintain dose: 0.08% ropivacaine with 0.4 μg/ml sufentanil. The basal infusion of CEI: 10 ml/h, beginning immediately after the initial dose
CEIEpidural analgesiaInitial loading dose:10 ml (0.125% ropivacaine with 0.4 μg/ml sufentanil) Epidural infusion with maintain dose: 0.08% ropivacaine with 0.4 μg/ml sufentanil. The basal infusion of CEI: 10 ml/h, beginning immediately after the initial dose
CEIContinuous epidural infusionInitial loading dose:10 ml (0.125% ropivacaine with 0.4 μg/ml sufentanil) Epidural infusion with maintain dose: 0.08% ropivacaine with 0.4 μg/ml sufentanil. The basal infusion of CEI: 10 ml/h, beginning immediately after the initial dose
PIEB 2Epidural analgesiaInitial loading dose:10 ml (0.125% ropivacaine with 0.4 μg/ml sufentanil) Epidural infusion with maintain dose: 0.08% ropivacaine with 0.4 μg/ml sufentanil. The basal infusion of PIEB2: 10 ml per 60 min, beginning 60 min after the initial dose
PIEB 2Intermittent epidural bolusInitial loading dose:10 ml (0.125% ropivacaine with 0.4 μg/ml sufentanil) Epidural infusion with maintain dose: 0.08% ropivacaine with 0.4 μg/ml sufentanil. The basal infusion of PIEB2: 10 ml per 60 min, beginning 60 min after the initial dose
PIEB 1Intermittent epidural bolusInitial loading dose:10 ml (0.125% ropivacaine with 0.4 μg/ml sufentanil) Epidural infusion with maintain dose: 0.08% ropivacaine with 0.4 μg/ml sufentanil.The basal infusion of PIEB1: 5 ml per 30 min, beginning 30 min after the initial dose
PIEB 1ropivacaineInitial loading dose:10 ml (0.125% ropivacaine with 0.4 μg/ml sufentanil) Epidural infusion with maintain dose: 0.08% ropivacaine with 0.4 μg/ml sufentanil.The basal infusion of PIEB1: 5 ml per 30 min, beginning 30 min after the initial dose
PIEB 1Epidural analgesiaInitial loading dose:10 ml (0.125% ropivacaine with 0.4 μg/ml sufentanil) Epidural infusion with maintain dose: 0.08% ropivacaine with 0.4 μg/ml sufentanil.The basal infusion of PIEB1: 5 ml per 30 min, beginning 30 min after the initial dose
CEIsufentanilInitial loading dose:10 ml (0.125% ropivacaine with 0.4 μg/ml sufentanil) Epidural infusion with maintain dose: 0.08% ropivacaine with 0.4 μg/ml sufentanil. The basal infusion of CEI: 10 ml/h, beginning immediately after the initial dose
PIEB 2ropivacaineInitial loading dose:10 ml (0.125% ropivacaine with 0.4 μg/ml sufentanil) Epidural infusion with maintain dose: 0.08% ropivacaine with 0.4 μg/ml sufentanil. The basal infusion of PIEB2: 10 ml per 60 min, beginning 60 min after the initial dose
PIEB 1sufentanilInitial loading dose:10 ml (0.125% ropivacaine with 0.4 μg/ml sufentanil) Epidural infusion with maintain dose: 0.08% ropivacaine with 0.4 μg/ml sufentanil.The basal infusion of PIEB1: 5 ml per 30 min, beginning 30 min after the initial dose
PIEB 2sufentanilInitial loading dose:10 ml (0.125% ropivacaine with 0.4 μg/ml sufentanil) Epidural infusion with maintain dose: 0.08% ropivacaine with 0.4 μg/ml sufentanil. The basal infusion of PIEB2: 10 ml per 60 min, beginning 60 min after the initial dose
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Maternal visual analogue scale (VAS)At time of initiation of analgesia and hourly thereafter until 1 hours postpartum (approximately 10 hours)

a visual analog scale (VAS) with a 10 cm vertical score ranged from "no pain" to "worst possible pain"

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Neonatal weightAt delivery
Mean number of PCEAAt two hours postpartum
Maternal respiratory rateAt time of initiation of analgesia and hourly thereafter until 4 hours postpartum (approximately 12 hours)
Maternal blood pressureAt time of initiation of analgesia and hourly thereafter until 4 hours postpartum (approximately 12 hours)
Maternal modified Bromage scaleAt time of initiation of analgesia and hourly thereafter until 2 hours postpartum (approximately 10 hours)
Subject's Satisfaction with labor epidural analgesiaAt the time after childbirth
Total ropivacaine and sufentanil consumptionAt two hours postpartum
Proportion of parturients requiring additional PCEA bolusesAt two hours postpartum
Rate of "very satisfied"and/or "satisfied",Proportion of subjects who has experienced Visual analog scale (VAS) score for pain more than 3 scaleAt two hours postpartum
Maternal heart rateAt time of initiation of analgesia and hourly thereafter until 4 hours postpartum (approximately 12 hours)
Rates of cesarean delivery and instrument-assisted deliveryAt time of placental delivery
Duration of analgesiaInitiation of analgesia to 2 h postpartum (approximately 10 hours)
Durations of labor stagesFrom the beginning of regular contraction of uterus to the end of the labor (approximately 12 hours)
Use of oxytocin after analgesiaAt twenty-four hours postpartum
Incidence of maternal side effectsInitiation of analgesia to 2 hour postpartum (approximately 10 hours)
Neonatal Apgar scaleAt the first and fifth minutes after baby was born
Fetal heart rateFrom initiation of analgesia to delivery (approximately 8 hours)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University

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Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

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