Cervical Capsaicin for Labor Induction and Pain Relief

• Status: Withdrawn
• Trial end date: 2011-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

In the setting of fetal demise it is important to help the mother deliver the fetus expeditiously and with as little physical trauma as possible. This study hypothesizes that application of capsaicin to the uterine cervix will enhance cervical ripening and desensitize pain fibers such that delivery is less painful.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Columbia University
• Treatments: Capsaicin; Lidocaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• IUFD after 20 weeks gestation

Exclusion Criteria:

• Chorioamnionitis

• Chronic pain syndrome

• Current pain meds during pregnancy