Overview

Spinal Hydromorphone Versus Morphine for Post-Cesarean Delivery Analgesia

Status:
Recruiting

Trial end date:
2022-12-01

Target enrollment:
0

Participant gender:
Female

Summary

Morphine is usually used for pain relief after cesarean delivery. However, sometimes it is not available, the patient might be allergic to morphine or intolerant to its side effects. Hydromorphone, another drug from the same class, might be used alternatively, but we need to prove that it is not inferior to morphine.

Phase:

Phase 4

Accepts Healthy Volunteers?

Details

Lead Sponsor:

Lawson Health Research Institute

Treatments:

Anesthetics
Hydromorphone
Morphine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age > 18 years; American Society of Anesthesiologist's Physical Status (ASA-PS) < 3;
Term pregnancy (> 37 weeks gestational age); Elective cesarean delivery; Spinal
Anesthesia;

Exclusion Criteria:

- Documented allergy or severe intolerance to opioids; Intra-operative conversion to a
general anesthetic technique; Chronic pain syndrome with baseline pain levels >3 on a
visual analogue scale (0-10 cm); History of opioid use during this pregnancy; Allergy
or intolerance to NSAIDS or acetaminophen; Morbid obesity- Body Mass Index (BMI) >40.