NCT02412969

Impact of Dural Puncture Epidural Versus Traditional Lumbar Epidural on Onset of Labor Analgesia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 101 (actual)
• Sponsor: Medical University of South Carolina · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study is to examine the onset of pain relief with two different methods of labor epidural. The traditional labor epidural involves the placement of numbing and anti-pain medicine in the epidural space which surrounds the spinal cord. In order to take effect, the medication has to cross a layer of tissue called the dura. In the current study, the same medications are placed in the epidural space after the dura is punctured with a fine needle. This research, will help evaluate whether this technique will result in earlier onset of pain relief.

Conditions

• Labor Pain
• Labor Analgesia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Lumbar Epidural	control group will receive lumbar puncture epidural
PROCEDURE	Dural Puncture Epidural	intervention group will receive a dural puncture epidural

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-08-01
• Primary completion: 2016-06-01
• Completion: 2016-06-01
• First posted: 2015-04-09
• Last updated: 2016-08-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States