Actively Recruiting
Lumoptik BRIGHTPOINT Reflectometer Device for Lumbar Epidural Placement
Led by Hospital for Special Surgery, New York · Updated on 2025-12-16
36
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
146 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the BrightPoint Epidural device as the first system to use multispectral reflectometry to find the epidural space in lumbar neuraxial procedures requiring epidural needle. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Is the device a qualitatively effective secondary confirmation of Loss of Resistance? 2. Is the device a qualitatively effective training tool for educating trainees in how to perform lumbar epidurals? Participants will undergo a neuraxial procedure in which the attending anesthesiologist will use the BrightPoint epidural device to form an opinion on its effectiveness in confirming epidural space access.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Lumoptik BRIGHTPOINT Reflectometer Device for Lumbar Epidural Placement
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Any patient undergoing a lumbar neuraxial procedure requiring epidural needle
- Age 18-99
You will not qualify if you...
- Previous lumbar spine surgery
- Any known spinal abnormality that would interfere with successfully advancing a needle into the epidural space
- Any patient requiring epidural needle longer than 4 inches
- Any contraindication to neuraxial anesthesia
- Tattoo at the site of epidural insertion
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, New York, United States, 10021
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
P
Pa Thor, PhD
CONTACT
M
Maya Tailor
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Masking
N/A
Allocation
N/A
Model
N/A
Primary Purpose
N/A
Number of Arms
1
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