Comparing Bupivacaine, Lidocaine, and a Combination of Bupivacaine and Lidocaine for Labor Epidural Activation

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Labor Pain

In brief

This study will compare and determine the most ideal local anesthetic (LA) solution to activate a labor epidural: lidocaine, bupivacaine, or a combination of bupivacaine plus lidocaine.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03103100

Run by

University of Alabama at Birmingham

People needed

75

Starts

2015-10-08

Expected to finish

2019-09-09

Last updated by the study team

2020-08-31

Who can join

Age: 19 and older, up to 60. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Pregnant patients over the age of 19 who are scheduled for an induction of labor and request an epidural are eligible for the study

You may not qualify if…

• age <19
• allergy to the drug or drug class
• preexisting neuropathy
• history of back pain prior to pregnancy or history of back surgery
• history of chronic opioid use
• history of hypertension or hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
• congenital or acquired cardiac disease
• contraindication to epidural placement (patient refusal, severe coagulopathy, infection at site of epidural needle insertion, severe hypovolemia)

Where it is running

• UAB Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine — Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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