NCT07414407

Impact of Patient Choice for Epidural Potency on Maternal Satisfaction

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 150 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Stanford University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This clinical trial will compare two different approaches to epidural analgesia during labor to see which approach leads to higher patient satisfaction after delivery. Primary aim: determine whether one approach produces greater postpartum maternal satisfaction. Secondary aims: compare pain control and side effects. Participants are people in labor who receive epidural analgesia. They will receive routine clinical epidural care and complete brief, in-hospital questionnaires about pain and satisfaction. All care is provided by the clinical team and safety practices remain unchanged.

Conditions

• Epidural Analgesia, Obstetric
• Maternal Satisfaction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Patient-selected epidural management	Choice of epidural regimen
PROCEDURE	Standard epidural management	Hospital's usual epidural regimen

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-04-01
• Primary completion: 2030-12-31
• Completion: 2030-12-31
• First posted: 2026-02-17
• Last updated: 2026-02-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States