Therapeutic Rest to Delay Admission in Early Labor: A Prospective Study on Morphine Sleep

Completed

Conditions studied: Labor Pain, Early Labor

In brief

This will be a prospective study on labor characteristics, and obstetric and neonatal outcomes in women who accept and women who decline morphine as a form of pain management in labor. The study will also investigate patient satisfaction with this form of analgesia. The participants will be those who accept morphine and promethazine and those who decline morphine and promethazine for pain control.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03539562

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

82

Starts

2017-09-27

Expected to finish

2020-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-07-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 55. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Singleton pregnancies between 37w0d and 41w6d gestation
• Presentation to triage for rule out labor as primary indication and found to be in early labor
• Offered therapeutic rest by obstetric provider with plan to discharge home after evaluation

You may not qualify if…

• Allergy to morphine sulfate or promethazine
• Being without an attendant to safely transport the patient home
• Present to triage for other indication (decreased fetal-movement, premature rupture of membranes, hypertension, etc.)
• Multiple gestation
• Known fetal anomaly
• Placenta previa, active maternal Herpes Simplex Virus disease, or any other contraindication to vaginal delivery
• Recommendation for direct admission to L\&D for maternal or fetal indication.

Where it is running

• UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay — San Francisco, California, United States

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