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
Active Locations (1)
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Parkland Health Hospital System
Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390