Overview

Dexmedetomidine for Intermittent Epidural Boluses Versus Continuous Epidural Infusion for Labour Epidural Analgesia

Status:
Not yet recruiting

Trial end date:
2025-10-01

Target enrollment:

Participant gender:

Summary

The aim of this study is to compare two modes of labour epidural analgesia: programmed intermittent epidural boluses (PIEB) versus continuous epidural infusion (CEI), with patient controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA), using dexmedetomidine in addition to low-dose bupivacaine and through measuring the total volume of local anesthetic received through patient controlled epidural analgesia per hour

Phase:

Phase 2/Phase 3

Details

Lead Sponsor:

Assiut University

Treatments:

Bupivacaine
Dexmedetomidine