NCT01307839

Lidocaine Patch for Relief of Pain During Epidural Placement in Laboring Patients

A Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Lidocaine Patch for Relief of Pain During Epidural Needle Insertion in Laboring Patients

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: Loma Linda University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Infiltration of the skin with lidocaine is standard practice prior to lumbar epidural placement in laboring parturients1. Skin infiltration, although brief, can be very stressful and painful for patients.2 This initial discomfort may cause patient anxiety, thus increasing the pain and decreasing the satisfaction with the procedure. To reduce this discomfort, various topical alternatives have been investigated with varying degrees of success.1-4 Now that a topical mixture of lidocaine that is safe and effective is available, the investigators would like to determine if it can reduce the pain of skin infiltration in particular and epidural placement as a whole.

Conditions

• Pregnant
• Labor

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	5% lidocaine patch	Research intervention: After consent has been given, either an active 5% lidocaine patch or an inactive placebo patch will be placed on the lumbar spine of the patient. Both patches appear identical to the physician. The team will then wait for the patient to request an epidural due to labor pain, a minimum of 30 minutes from patch placement and a maximum of 12 hours.
DRUG	placebo patch	Research intervention: After consent has been given, either an active 5% lidocaine patch or an inactive placebo patch will be placed on the lumbar spine of the patient. Both patches appear identical to the physician. The team will then wait for the patient to request an epidural due to labor pain, a minimum of 30 minutes from patch placement and a maximum of 12 hours

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-12-01
• Primary completion: 2012-04-01
• Completion: 2012-04-01
• First posted: 2011-03-03
• Last updated: 2012-04-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States