Status:

TERMINATED

Epidural Placement Using Handheld Ultrasound Device vs. Traditional Landmark Palpation

Lead Sponsor:

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Conditions:

Labor Pain

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-50 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Ultrasound is widely in uses for vascular, nerve block and sometimes neuraxial block. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the impact of a handheld ultrasound device on the time to complete labor e...

Detailed Description

This randomized prospective clinical trial aims to evaluate timing savings in performing labor epidural analgesia and the success rate of labor analgesia with and without the guidance of a handheld ul...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age 18-50 years
  • Parturient in active labor and desires labor epidural for pain relief.
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Class I, 2 and 3 parturients, which include normal parturients
  • Parturients with morbidities (including obesity) that are not life-threatening,
  • Parturient BMI ≥ 25

Exclusion

  • History of scoliosis or back surgery
  • Patient refusal
  • Patient with elevated intracranial pressure
  • Any patient with a contraindication for placement of epidural anesthesia, including infection at needle insertion site, or coagulopathy.
  • ASA Class 4

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 28 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 23 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

74 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04020042

Start Date

August 28 2019

End Date

March 23 2021

Last Update

June 1 2022

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Parkland Health Hospital System

Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390