Pain Relief Effects on Length of Labor

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Labor Pain

In brief

This study divides patients into two groups when they ask for medicine to help relieve the pain of contractions. One group will be selected to receive an epidural and another group will be selected to receive both a spinal dose and an epidural. The investigators will then measure how long it takes to deliver the baby. The investigators think that the group that has the combination spinal and epidural will have a faster labor.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01750099

Run by

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

People needed

202

Starts

2013-02-01

Expected to finish

2014-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-05-28

Who can join

Age: 16 and older, up to 44. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Nulliparous women
• Term gestation, defined as equal to or greater than 37 weeks
• Ages 16-44 years
• Singleton gestation
• Cephalic presentation
• Induction of labor on Monday 0700 through Friday 0700 at Parkland Hospital
• Intact membranes on admission

You may not qualify if…

• Chorioamnionitis at randomization
• Intrauterine fetal death
• Coagulopathy
• Allergies to amide local anesthetics
• Localized back infection

Where it is running

• Parkland Hospital — Dallas, Texas, United States

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