NCT06305260

LOTUS Trial: Lumbar Ultrasound in Obstetric Patients With BMI > 40

The LOTUS Trial: Lumbar Ultrasound Utility in Obstetric Patients With BMI > 40

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 150 (estimated)
• Sponsor: MetroHealth Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare traditional palpation to pre-procedural lumbar ultrasound prior to epidural placement in obese (BMI \>40) obstetric patient population. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is a pre-procedural lumbar ultrasound superior to traditional palpation in terms of total number of epidural needle redirections during epidural placement? * Is there no difference in time to epidural loss between pre-procedural lumbar ultrasound and traditional palpation during epidural placement? Participants will be randomized to either a pre-procedural lumbar ultrasound or traditional palpation at the time of epidural placement.

Conditions

• Obesity, Morbid
• Labor Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Lumbar Ultrasound	Investigators will utilize our ultrasound machine to complete a pre-procedural lumbar ultrasound prior to epidural placement.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-11-01
• Primary completion: 2024-12-30
• Completion: 2024-12-30
• First posted: 2024-03-12
• Last updated: 2024-03-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States