Local Anesthesia and Pain Perception During an Amniocentesis

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2011-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

This study is been designed to answer the question of whether local anesthesia (1% lidocaine) decreases the perception of pain associated with amniocentesis in a randomized double blind placebo controlled manner. Our objective is to determine the effect of local anesthesia on the maternal pain perception from an amniocentesis.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Oklahoma
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Lidocaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Singleton pregnancies

• Signed consent to participate in the trial

• Women between the ages of 18 and 45 years

• Gestational ages 15 - 24 weeks

Exclusion Criteria:

• Multiple gestation

• Refusal to participate in the trial

• Known hypersensitivity to lidocaine

• Amniocentesis during this pregnancy

• Amnioinfusion/amnioreduction where the procedure is likely to be prolonged