Epidrum for Thoracic Epidural Analgesia (Epidrum-Tho)

Hopital Foch

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Epidural catheter placement

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01597466

2012/01

2012-A00083-40 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of the Epidrum device to identify the epidural space in patients requiring thoracic epidural analgesia.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Elective major thoracic surgery requiring thoracic epidural analgesia

Exclusion criteria

• Contraindication to epidural anesthesia
• Marked spinal deformities or a history of spinal instrumentation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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46 participants in 2 patient groups

Epidrum

Experimental group

Description:

Epidrum (Exmoor Innovations, Lisieux Way, Taunton, Somerset TA1 2LB, U.K.)

Loss of resistance technique

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Epidural catheter placement

Procedure: Epidural catheter placement