Status:
UNKNOWN
Influence of Surgical Regional Anesthesia on Postoperative Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Conditions:
Elective Cesarean Section
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
To compare three Types of anesthetic techniques (Spinal anesthesia, Combined spinal epidural anesthesia, Combined spinal epidural anesthesia with indwelling catheter for 24 hrs) on pain after elective...
Detailed Description
Regional analgesia is the most effective way of providing analgesia during labor and delivery. By using a combination of local anesthetics and opioids, it is often possible to avoid motor block. Spina...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Female patients aged greater than or equal to 18 years
- Patients without severe illnesses (American Society of Anaesthesiologists \[ASA\] grade II-III)
- Patients for elective cesarean sections
- Informing patients about risks and complications of anesthesia until 24 hrs before operation
Exclusion
- Lacking willingness to regional procedures
- No offered patient information and written informed consent
- Persons without the capacity to consent
- Unability of German language use
- Preterm delivery \< 28 weeks of pregnancy
- Chronic pain or chronic analgesic intake in medical history
- Alcohol, dope and medication abuse
- Psychiatric disease in medical history
- Baby death after delivery
- Anxiolytic medication
- Allergy to local anaesthetics
- History of bleeding tendency
- Eclampsia and HELLP syndrome
- Elective section out work routine time
- Participation in another clinical trial during the trial, one month before screening and three months after screening
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
171 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01234662
Start Date
November 1 2010
End Date
December 1 2012
Last Update
June 1 2012
Active Locations (1)
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Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Campus Charité Mitte, Charite University, Berlin
Berlin, State of Berlin, Germany, 13353