Loss of Resistance, w/wo Stimulation, For Epidural Placement

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Anesthesia

In brief

The purpose of this randomized, observer-blinded, investigative trial is to determine if the use of electrical stimulation, compared to the traditional loss of resistance technique alone, improves the success rate of epidural catheter placement at an academic teaching institution.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03087604

Run by

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

People needed

100

Starts

2017-03-17

Expected to finish

2017-10-11

Last updated by the study team

2020-06-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adults undergoing intra-thoracic or intra-abdominal procedures that normally would receive thoracic epidurals for post-operative analgesia will be eligible.

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects with contraindications to regional anesthesia:
• history of allergy to amide local anesthetics
• presence of a progressive neurological deficit
• patients that are on anticoagulant medications that prohibit placement of an epidural
• Systemic infection
• Infection at the site of placement

Where it is running

• WakeForestUBMC — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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