Spinal Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery: Bupivacaine With or Without Fentanyl
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2009-08-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The safest form of anesthesia for Cesarean section is a spinal anesthetic. All spinal
anesthetics contain a local anesthetic and/or a narcotic. A drug named bupivacaine is the
most commonly used local anesthetic in spinal anesthetics for Cesarean deliveries in North
America. Another drug named fentanyl is the most commonly used narcotic. This study will look
at whether a spinal anesthetic with 15mg of bupivacaine alone will be the same as a spinal
anesthetic with 12mg of bupivacaine and 15ug of fentanyl.
Phase:
N/A
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital