Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

University of British Columbia

Code:

NCT07083167

Conditions

Labor Analgesia

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

No Interventions.

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this observational study is to evaluate the communication between the anesthesiologist and the patient prior the initiation and during the administration of the labor neuraxial analgesia.

The investigators hypothesize that there will be differences among anesthesiologists during the informed consent process and communication during the procedure, specifically, how the anesthesiologists describe the technical aspects of the procedure, alternatives, risks, complications, and expected effects of labour neuraxial analgesia.

The anesthesiologists will be observed during a routine labor neuraxial analgesia procedure for healthy uncomplicated patients.

Conditions

Labor Analgesia

Study ID

NCT07083167

Start date

Apr 2, 2025

Status verified date

Jul, 2025

Completion date

Dec 30, 2025

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep 30, 2025

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • all obstetric anesthesiologists working in maternity unit

Exclusion Criteria:

  • any comorbidity of the patient that would necessitate deviation from a routine practice for the initiation of labor neuraxial analgesia

Study Design

Enrollment

19 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

Anesthesiologists

All anesthesiologists providing labor neuraxial analgesia

Interventions

No Interventions.

No interventions.

Primary outcome measure

  • Informed consent [ Time Frame: From the first contact with the patient before labour neuraxial analgesia until the procedure is finished. ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Vit B Gunka, MD

604-875-6078vgunka@cw.bc.ca

Juliana Barrera, MD

604-875-6076juliana.barrera@cw.bc.ca

Locations

Department of Anesthesia at BC Women's Hospital, University of British Columbia.

Recruiting

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3N1

Contacts

Vit B Gunka, MD

604-875-6078vgunka@cw.bc.ca

Juliana Barrera, MD

604-875-6076juliana.barrera@cw.bc.ca

Principal Investigator:

Vit B Gunka, MD

More Information

Sponsor

University of British Columbia

Last update posted

Jul 24, 2025

Last verified

Jul, 2025

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of British Columbia on 2025-07-24.