Lidocaine Patch for Relief of Pain During Epidural Placement in Laboring Patients

Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Pregnant, Labor

In brief

Infiltration of the skin with lidocaine is standard practice prior to lumbar epidural placement in laboring parturients1. Skin infiltration, although brief, can be very stressful and painful for patients.2 This initial discomfort may cause patient anxiety, thus increasing the pain and decreasing the satisfaction with the procedure. To reduce this discomfort, various topical alternatives have been investigated with varying degrees of success.1-4 Now that a topical mixture of lidocaine that is safe and effective is available, the investigators would like to determine if it can reduce the pain of skin infiltration in particular and epidural placement as a whole.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01307839

Run by

Loma Linda University

People needed

0

Starts

2011-12-01

Expected to finish

2012-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-04-12

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 45. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Laboring patients between the ages of 18 and 45 with a BMI of less than 45

Where it is running

• Loma Linda University — Loma Linda, California, United States

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