Combined Spinal-Epidural Temperature and Duration of Action

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Pain

In brief

The hypothesis is that a combined spinal-epidural drug at refrigerated temperature will have a shorter period of pain relief than that maintained at room temperature. The temperature of the dose of medication will be measure with an infrared thermometer immediately prior (within 5 minutes) to administration.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02020304

Run by

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

People needed

58

Starts

2013-08-29

Expected to finish

2014-05-04

Last updated by the study team

2018-09-10

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 55. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• >/= 18 years of age not allergic to medications used to treat labor pain </= 6cm cervical dilation visual pain score >/=3

You may not qualify if…

• <18 years of age > 6 cm cervical dilation non-English speaking subjects

Where it is running

• Forsyth Medical Center — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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