NCT06392321

Dexmedetomidine vs Fentanyl in Controlling Labor Pain

Dexmedetomidine Versus Fentanyl as an Adjuvant to Single Low Dose Spinal Anesthesia in Controlling Labor Pain: a Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: Al-Azhar University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

As most woman experience agonizing pain throughout vaginal labor. Adjuvants were added to intrathecal bupivacaine aiming to improve the quality of analgesia. This study aimed to assess the efficacy and outcome of intrathecal dexmedetomidine and fentanyl in controlling pain during delivery.

Detailed description

Throughout vaginal deliveries, many women suffered from pain. providing suitable analgesia is crucial (Lupu et al., 2023). Spinal anesthesia can provide pain management (Parikh et al., 2018). Various types of analgesics can be combined to get the needed duration of perioperative analgesia. Dexmedetomidine has been used with effective pain management outcomes (Shrestha et al., 2023). Fentanyl can help pain relief in short duration procedures (Show et al., 2022).

Conditions

• Labor Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Fentanyl	comparison between bupivacaine, bupivacaine and fentanyl.
DRUG	Dexmedetomidine	comparison between bupivacaine, bupivacaine and dexmedetomidine..

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-04-01
• Primary completion: 2023-11-30
• Completion: 2023-12-31
• First posted: 2024-04-30
• Last updated: 2024-04-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt