A Comparison Study Of Two Different Techniques For Identifying The Epidural Space In Parturients In Labour

National Maternity Hospital, Ireland

Status: Completed

Conditions: Labouring Parturients Requiring/Requesting Epidural Analgesia as Part of Their Peri-partum Care

Treatments: Device: Epidrum

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01574391

NMHEPI-12

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the use of the Epidrum device to identify the epidural space in labouring parturients reduces morbidity, when compared to standard loss of resistance techniques.

Enrollment: 300 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parturients receiving epidural analgesia for labour

Exclusion criteria

• parturients that withold consent
• parturients less than 18 years old

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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300 participants in 2 patient groups

EPIDRUM

Active Comparator group

Description:

EPIDRUM DEVICE IS USED TO SITE THE EPIDURALS IN THE PATIENTS RANDOMISED TO THIS ARM

Treatment:

Device: Epidrum

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

This arm is the control where normal technique is used