Epidural Catheter Thread Between Two Different Vendors

University of Michigan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Labor Pain

Treatments: Device: Arrow Catheter Kit.; Device: B.Braun Catheter Kit

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03722446

00143333

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to assess if there is a difference in ability to thread the epidural catheter from two different epidural pain management kits vendors

Full description

The aim of the study is to assess if there is a difference in ability to thread the epidural catheter from two different pain management kits. In order to improve patient care, if there is a difference in the time to thread epidurals with one kit over the other, we would like to use the kit with decreased time to thread in the future.

Enrollment: 257 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: women in labor

Exclusion Criteria:

• none

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Sequential Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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257 participants in 2 patient groups

Arrow Catheter Kit.

Other group

Description:

Arrow FlexTip Plus Epidural Catheterization Kit is a single orifice flex tip catheter used to place epidurals in pregnant women in labor who request an epidural for pain management in labor. This kit will be used in half of the randomized weeks.

Treatment:

Device: Arrow Catheter Kit.

B.Braun Catheter Kit

Other group

Description:

Perifix FX Springwound Epidural Catheter Kit is a multi-orifice flex tip catheter used to place epidurals in pregnant women in labor who request an epidural for pain management in labor. This kit will be used in half of the randomized weeks.

Treatment:

Device: B.Braun Catheter Kit