Using the CompuFlo® CathCheck™ System to Check Epidural Catheter Function Before Tubal Ligation: A Pilot Study

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Conditions studied: Anesthesia, Epidural

In brief

This pilot study evaluates the use of the CompuFlo® CathCheck™ System to assess labor epidural catheter function before reactivation for postpartum tubal ligation. The study aims to determine whether this technology can accurately identify functional versus dysfunctional epidural catheters compared with standard clinical assessment methods. Improving catheter assessment may reduce failed epidural reactivation, the need for additional anesthesia techniques, and improve patient safety.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07720908

Run by

Ohio State University

People needed

120

Starts

2024-12-19

Expected to finish

2028-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age ≥ 18 years
• Postpartum women electing to undergo tubal ligation with an indwelling labor epidural catheter
• Ability to provide informed consent in English
• Vaginal delivery

You may not qualify if…

• Parturients not receiving labor epidural analgesia or receiving an alternative anesthetic technique during labor and delivery
• Epidural catheter located >2 cm from the documented insertion depth at initial placement
• Planned elective cesarean delivery
• Chronic pain conditions (e.g., chronic low back pain, sickle cell disease)
• Chronic opioid use disorder
• Chronic gabapentin use
• Uncontrolled mood disorders that, in the investigator's judgment, may interfere with study participation or interpretation of study outcomes
• Prisoners or incarcerated individuals

Where it is running

• The Ohio State University — Columbus, Ohio, United States (enrolling)

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