Maternal Epidural Steroids and Hyperthemia

Stopped early · Early Phase 1 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Fever, Labor Pain, Complication of Anesthesia During Pregnancy, Unspecified

In brief

The purpose of this study is to look to see if adding steroids to an epidural reduces the chances of having a fever in labor, and protects the baby from exposure to inflammation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02212210

Run by

Medical University of South Carolina

People needed

135

Starts

2012-02-01

Expected to finish

2015-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-08-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Nulliparity
• Age>=18
• Patient requests epidural analgesia
• GA >= 37 weeks

You may not qualify if…

• No prenatal care
• Temperature >99.4 at decision for epidural placement
• Cervical dilation >4cm
• Diabetes (pre-gestational or gestational)
• Autoimmune condition
• Pre-eclampsia
• Maternal heart disease
• Current steroid use
• Active infection (bacterial or viral)
• Wet Tap (CSF on placement of epidural)
• Pre-gestational diabetes
• Known systemic infection (bacterial, viral, fungal or tubercular)
• Known allergy to steroids
• Heart failure
• Hypertensive crisis
• History of active epilepsy

Where it is running

• Medical University of South Carolina — Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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