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Comparison of Echo-assisted ALR Technique and Traditional ALR Technique for the Placement of an Epidural Catheter in the Obstetric Patient
Led by IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna · Updated on 2025-02-10
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Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
106 weeks
Total Duration
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What this Trial Is About
This is a randomized, open-label, single-center clinical trial. The purpose of the study is to understand whether the aid of ultrasound assessment is useful in improving the competence of resident. Specifically, to demonstrate how the aid of echo-assistance in the evaluation of the spine increases the atraumatic success rate (primary objective) and reduces the number of complications (particularly, the number of attempts needed and the rate of dura puncture) (secondary objective) in physicians in specialty training. Pregnant patients requiring peridural analgesia will be assigned to the intervention or control group by simple randomization.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Comparison of Echo-assisted ALR Technique and Traditional ALR Technique for the Placement of an Epidural Catheter in the Obstetric Patient
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Pregnant patients over 18 years old with no body mass index limitations
- Pregnant patients requiring labor analgesia
- Ability to give informed consent for study participation
You will not qualify if you...
- Any contraindication to epidural catheter placement
- Presence of increased pressure inside the skull (endocranial hypertension)
- Blood clotting disorders (coagulopathies)
- Severe low platelet count (less than 75,000 per mm^3)
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna
Bologna, Italy, 40138
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Research Team
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Aurora Guglielmetti, MD
CONTACT
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Aurora Guglielmetti, MD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
2
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