Higher vs Lower Lumber Epidural Catheter Insertion During Labour: A Randomised Trial to Compare Efficacy.

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Conditions studied: Labour Analgesia, Epidural Anaesthesia

In brief

This study will randomise pregnant women to labour epidural at a higher versus a lower lumbar level. Outcomes relating to success or failure of the epidural catheter at this level will be assessed.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06850636

Run by

The Rotunda Hospital

People needed

162

Starts

2025-02-25

Expected to finish

2025-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-04-03

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Women electing to have epidural analgesia in labour

You may not qualify if…

• Known contraindication to epidural analgesia. Neurological illness Multiple gestation Fetal abnormalities In distress or requiring immediate epidural catheter placement

Where it is running

• The Rotunda Hospital, Dublin — Dublin, Dublin, Ireland (enrolling)

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