The Association Between Decreasing Labor Analgesia Epidural Infusion and Forceps Delivery

Completed

Conditions studied: Labor Pain, Pregnancy

In brief

The objective of this study will be to compare epidural infusion management, specifically looking at infusion rate changes, in patients who receive forceps deliveries versus normal spontaneous vaginal deliveries. We will match patients based on time and date of delivery, as well as parity, in order to eliminate these variables as potential con-founders. We hypothesize patients who require a decrease in their basal labor analgesia epidural infusion rate will have an increased incidence of forceps delivery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00443560

Run by

Northwestern University

People needed

2162

Starts

2006-01-01

Expected to finish

2006-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-04-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Singletons
• Viable fetal vaginal deliveries between January 2004-October 2005

You may not qualify if…

• Outside specified time frame
• Multiparity
• Fetal demise

Where it is running

• Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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