Wound Infiltration as Part of an Opioid Free Pain Management Pathway Following Cesarean Delivery

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2018-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

This study will investigate the effect of three types of wound infiltration on post Cesarean opioid analgesia consumption when used in conjunction with an opioid free postoperative analgesia pathway.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Richmond University Medical Center
• Treatments: Bupivacaine; Dexmedetomidine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All scheduled Cesarean deliveries with intrathecal or epidural anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

• Emergency Cesarean deliveries

• Multifetal gestation

• Subjects <18 years old

• Subjects belonging to a vulnerable population (including subjects with a known opioid addiction, subjects with a history of mental illness and prisoners)

• Cesarean delivery with general anesthesia

• Known allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the study medications

• Subjects that can't comprehend the visual analog scale for quantitative pain assessment