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The PaPa Trial: Paracetamol as an adjunct to intraPartum Remifentanil/PCA. An RCT of multimodal pain management during labor.

Completed
Conditions
abour pain
Registration Number
NL-OMON24756
Lead Sponsor
ot applicable
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
80
Inclusion Criteria

In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a subject must meet all of the following criteria:
•Pregnant, in labour, >3 centimetres dilatation.
•Pain request during labour, medication of choice: Remifentanil/ PCA.
•Age 18 years and older.
•Able to understand the written and verbal information about the PaPa Trial.

Exclusion Criteria

A potential subject who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:
•Refusal for participation in the PaPa Trial
•No adequate communication possible (e.g. language barrier)
•Use of other opioids, e.g. Pethidine of epidural analgesia <4 hours prior to start of Remifentanil as pain management.
•Hypersensitivity for Paracetamol.
•Liver- of kidneydiseases
•Alcohol abuse
•Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
•Use of other medication that contains Paracetamol
•Severe nutritional deficiency

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Remifentanil bolus requests and actual administered Remifentanil doses at 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180 minutes from zerotime: start of treatment with Remifentanil and either Paracetamol IV or Placebo.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Maternal parameters: Need for oxygen administration, frequency of vomiting, time to full dilatation in minutes from start of pain treatment, <br>Neonatal parameters: Apgar Score=7 after 5 minutes, Arterial pH level <7.20<br>
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