Status:
COMPLETED
Comparison of Ultrasound Guided Low Epidural Catheter Placement With Standard Epidural Catheter Placement
Lead Sponsor:
University of Chicago
Conditions:
Labor Pain
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18-40 years
Brief Summary
1. labor epidural quite often require bolus supplementation for better pain control control. Quite often this is due to sparing of sacral nerves. 2. If epidural is placed low in the L5/S1 interspace u...
Detailed Description
After consent patients will be randomized to one of the two groups: Control Group or the Experimental Group. Patients will be blinded to the group assignment. In each subject prior to labor epidural ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Active labor age 18 or older
Exclusion
- Known contraindications to epidural analgesia
- Any neurologic illness
- Fetal abnormalities
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2013
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
90 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01182220
Start Date
January 1 2013
End Date
July 1 2015
Last Update
November 1 2016
Active Locations (1)
Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.
1
University of Chicago Hospitals
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637