Local Anesthesia and Pain Perception During an Amniocentesis

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Pregnancy

In brief

This study is been designed to answer the question of whether local anesthesia (1% lidocaine) decreases the perception of pain associated with amniocentesis in a randomized double blind placebo controlled manner. Our objective is to determine the effect of local anesthesia on the maternal pain perception from an amniocentesis.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00583011

Run by

University of Oklahoma

People needed

76

Starts

2007-10-01

Expected to finish

2011-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-02-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 45. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Singleton pregnancies
• Signed consent to participate in the trial
• Women between the ages of 18 and 45 years
• Gestational ages 15 - 24 weeks

You may not qualify if…

• Multiple gestation
• Refusal to participate in the trial
• Known hypersensitivity to lidocaine
• Amniocentesis during this pregnancy
• Amnioinfusion/amnioreduction where the procedure is likely to be prolonged

Where it is running

• University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

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