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Not Yet RecruitingNCT07327918
Effect of Epidural Needle Injection on Catheter Placement Success During Painless Labour
Effect of Epidural Needle Injection on Catheter Placement Success During Painless Labour: A Prospective Randomized Study
- Status
- Not Yet Recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 216 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Al-Azhar University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 18 Years – 40 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Epidural analgesia is the gold standard for painless labour, but successful catheter placement can be technically challenging due to anatomical and physiological changes in pregnancy. Injecting saline or local anesthetic through the epidural needle before catheter insertion has been proposed to facilitate catheter advancement by dilating the epidural space. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of epidural needle injection on the success rate and ease of catheter placement during labour analgesia.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Injection Group | Patients will receive \[10 ml of local anesthetic\] through an epidural needle before catheter advancement. |
| OTHER | Control group | No injection before catheter insertion. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2026-06-28
- Primary completion
- 2026-11-30
- Completion
- 2027-02-15
- First posted
- 2026-01-08
- Last updated
- 2026-01-08
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Egypt
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT07327918. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.