Status:
TERMINATED
Continuous Labor Epidural Catheter for Tubal Ligation Study
Lead Sponsor:
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Conditions:
Tubal Ligation
Bilateral Tubal Ligation
Eligibility:
FEMALE
19-45 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study is to study the success rate of using the epidural catheter that was placed during the labor for the surgical anesthesia to perform a postpartum tubal ligation.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) 1-3 postpartum women desiring Postpartum Bilateral Tubal Ligation (PPBTL) for infertility
- Functional epidural catheter placed for labor and delivery analgesia
- The epidural is still taped within 1cm of the original depth when it was functional for labor analgesia
- 1-45 years of age
Exclusion
- ASA 4 status
- History of dural puncture ("wet tap") during initial epidural catheter insertion
- History of marginal or inadequate epidural analgesia for labor
- Cesarean section for delivery
- Examination demonstrates that the indwelling catheter has migrated more than 1 cm from the original depth when secured
- The end of indwelling epidural catheter appears to have not been capped appropriately or the cap was not maintained intact
- Prolonged sensory or motor block, bladder or anal sphincter dysfunction, nerve damage, inability to ambulate, post-dural puncture headache (PDHD), or seizures, during or after delivery and following cessation of the epidural catheter dosing
- Pseudocholinesterase deficiency
- Allergy to Nesacaine® (chloroprocaine) or lidocaine
- General anesthesia provided for delivery
- History of substance abuse disorder
- History of major psychiatric disorder
- Non-English reading/speaking participants
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
18 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00898443
Start Date
October 1 2008
End Date
August 1 2010
Last Update
August 7 2012
Active Locations (1)
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35249