Status:

COMPLETED

Doula Combined Latent Phrase Epidural Analgesia in Primiparous Women

Lead Sponsor:

Nanjing Medical University

Collaborating Sponsors:

HRSA/Maternal and Child Health Bureau

Conditions:

Labor Pain

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-45 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Accumulating evidence indicated that neuraxial analgesia in the latent phase of the first stage of labor would be an effective and safe health care procedure for nulliparas. Doulas, women with labor e...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Nulliparous women
  • \> 18 years and \< 45 years
  • Spontaneous labor
  • Analgesia request

Exclusion

  • Allergy to opioids, a history of the use of centrally-acting drugs of any sort, chronic pain and psychiatric diseases records
  • Participants younger than 18 years or older than 45 years
  • Those who were not willing to or could not finish the whole study at any time
  • Using or used in the past 14 days of the monoamine oxidase inhibitors;
  • Alcohol addictive or narcotic dependent patients were excluded for their influence on the analgesic efficacy of the epidural analgesics
  • Subjects with a nonvertex presentation or scheduled induction of labor
  • Cervical dilation was 4.0 cm or greater before performing epidural puncture and catheterization

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

500 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00664118

Start Date

April 1 2008

End Date

May 1 2009

Last Update

May 27 2009

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Nanjing Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital

Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, 210004