Gravity Flow Technique to Validate Proper Location of Epidural Needle Tip

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Conditions studied: Epidural Anesthesia

In brief

Epidural analgesia for childbirth may fail to provide adequate pain relief. At NYULMC, to maximize the likelihood that epidural analgesia will work well, the gravity flow technique is used when performing epidural procedures. The gravity flow technique is not well known, and is therefore used in only a few hospitals. The purpose of this study is to quantify the reliability of the gravity flow technique to accurately validate the position of the epidural needle tip when performing lumbar epidural analgesia in laboring women.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03317626

Run by

NYU Langone Health

People needed

100

Starts

2017-09-20

Expected to finish

2018-02-05

Last updated by the study team

2019-11-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 49. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients requesting epidural analgesia for labor
• ASA physical status I to II
• Ability to speak and read English to fully comprehend the consent process

You may not qualify if…

• Combined spinal-epidural anesthesia
• Coagulopathy
• History of lumbar spine surgery
• Allergy or contraindication to any of the study medications
• Contraindication to epidural analgesia
• ASA physical status >III

Where it is running

• New York University School of Medicine — New York, New York, United States

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