Pocket Warming of Epidural Medication

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Epidural Anesthesia in Labor and Delivery

In brief

This study will examine recent claims regarding the beneficial effect of warming epidural medications in order to hasten the onset of labor analgesia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02912078

Run by

Ohio State University

People needed

139

Starts

2024-09-30

Expected to finish

2026-01-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-02-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Women with a single vertex presentation fetus at term (38-42 weeks)
• Intact fetal membranes or membrane rupture <6 hours previously
• Request to have an epidural for labor analgesia
• Provide written consent for the study.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients being treated/managed for chronic pain
• Allergies or significant adverse reactions to local anesthetic or opioid medications
• Contraindication to labor epidural placement
• Patients with history of spine abnormalities or spine surgery
• Clinical signs or symptoms of infection
• Baseline temperature > 37.6 °C
• Non-English speaking
• Prisoners
• Age less than 18 years old

Where it is running

• The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center — Columbus, Ohio, United States

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