Recruiting

Patient Controlled Epidural Analgesia vs. Continuous Epidural Infusion

Sponsor:

MemorialCare

Code:

NCT00810914

Conditions

Pain

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

bupivicaine epidural

bupivicaine epidural infusion patient epidural

bupivicaine

Study Details

Brief summary:

The investigators intend to perform a large randomized trial using standardized obstetrical and anesthetic practice at a single institution to determine the effects of patient controlled epidural analgesia on obstetrical and neonatal outcomes.

Conditions

Pain

Study ID

NCT00810914

Start date

Mar, 2006

Status verified date

Sep, 2009

Completion date

Dec, 2010

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun, 2010

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Early labor
  • Nulliparous

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Inductions
  • Breech
  • Contraindications to regional anesthesia

Study Design

Enrollment

270 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: 1

Continuous epidural infusion of medication for method of pain relief

experimental: 2

continuous epidural infusion in conjuction with patient controlled anesthesia (PCA)

experimental: 3

patient controlled anesthesia only this arm has pt controlled medication delivery. (PCA)

Interventions

bupivicaine epidural

bupivicaine continuous epidural infusion

bupivicaine epidural infusion patient epidural

bupivicaine

bupivicaine

patient controlled anesthesia only

Primary outcome measure

  • Total bupivicaine used [ Time Frame: End of labor ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Christine Preslicka, RN

562-933-2755cpreslicka@memorialcare.org

Locations

Long Beach Memorial Medical Center

Recruiting

Long Beach, California, United States, 90806

Contacts

Christine Preslicka, RN

562-933-2750cpreslicka@memorialcare.org

Principal Investigator:

Michael Haydon, MD

More Information

Sponsor

MemorialCare

Last update posted

Sep 18, 2009

Last verified

Sep, 2009

Keywords

  • Patient controlled epidural anesthesia
  • Pain control in labor

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by MemorialCare on 2009-09-18.