Overview

Intravenous Remifentanil Patient-controlled Analgesia (PCA) and Epidural Patient Controlled Epidural Analgesia (PCEA) for Labor Analgesia

Status:
Completed

Trial end date:
2012-07-01

Target enrollment:

Participant gender:

Summary

Women requesting analgesia do not always wish to receive a potent analgesic method, and may fear the risks of epidural analgesia. Study Aim: To determine whether remifentanil is effective for labor analgesia when compared with standard treatment (epidural analgesia).

Phase:

Phase 4

Details

Lead Sponsor:

Hadassah Medical Organization

Treatments:

Bupivacaine
Remifentanil