Impact of Patient Choice for Epidural Potency on Maternal Satisfaction

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Conditions studied: Epidural Analgesia, Obstetric, Maternal Satisfaction

In brief

This clinical trial will compare two different approaches to epidural analgesia during labor to see which approach leads to higher patient satisfaction after delivery. Primary aim: determine whether one approach produces greater postpartum maternal satisfaction. Secondary aims: compare pain control and side effects. Participants are people in labor who receive epidural analgesia. They will receive routine clinical epidural care and complete brief, in-hospital questionnaires about pain and satisfaction. All care is provided by the clinical team and safety practices remain unchanged.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07414407

Run by

Stanford University

People needed

150

Starts

2026-04-01

Expected to finish

2030-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-02-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 50. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Planned vaginal delivery
• Patient requesting epidural labor analgesia
• Gestational age >34 weeks

You may not qualify if…

• Any contraindication to neuraxial block
• History of chronic pain, anxiety or depression
• Intolerance or allergy to local anesthetic or opioids
• Cesarean delivery within 2 hours of epidural initiation

Where it is running

• Lucile Packard Children's Hospital — Palo Alto, California, United States

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