Combined Spinal-Epidural Versus Traditional Labor Epidural

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2006-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The purpose of this study to compare the use of spinal-epidural versus traditional labor epidural on maternal and fetal effects. The hope is to determine the safest and most effective epidural method of relieving pain during labor.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University
• Collaborator: New York Presbyterian Hospital
• Treatments: Bupivacaine; Fentanyl

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient is able to read, understand and voluntarily sign the approved informed consent form (ICF) prior to any study- specific procedure;

• Must be between 18 to 50 years of age.

• Must be carrying a singleton fetus at term.

• Must have less than a body mass index of 40.

• Must be in labor, or is having a medical induction of labor.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient who has chronic renal disease, pre-existing hypertension, or pre-eclampsia.

• Patient who is undergoing an elective cesarean delivery

• Patient who has a presence of non-reassuring fetal status

• Patient who has an abnormal or non-reassuring fetal heart rate (FHR) pattern