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

University of Athens90 enrolled

Overview

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

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Labor Pain Analgesia

Interventions

regional analgesia for laborPROCEDURE

three commonly used regional analgesic techniques are used, with local anesthetic ropivacaine, opioid fentanyl, parturient controlled epidural analgesia

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 45 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (2)

Aretaieio Hospital, University of Athens

Athens, Attica, Greece

RECRUITING

Aretaieio Hospital

Athens, Greece

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

analgesic consumption

the amount of local anesthetic and opioid that required during labor

Time frame: during the procedure/delivery

Secondary Outcomes

pain intensity on a numerical rating scale (minimum=0, maximum=10)

pain intensity

Time frame: during the procedure/delivery

duration of labor

duration of first stage

Time frame: until delivery

satisfaction on a numerical rating scale (minimum=0, maximum=10)

satisfaction of parturients

Time frame: during the procedure/delivery

Central Contacts

Chyrssoula Staikou, Assoc Prof

CONTACT

00302107780172 c_staikou@yahoo.gr

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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