RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT06850636

Higher vs Lower Lumber Epidural Catheter Insertion During Labour: A Randomised Trial to Compare Efficacy.

Sponsor

The Rotunda Hospital

Enrollment

162 participants

Start Date

Feb 25, 2025

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Labour Analgesia, Epidural Anaesthesia

Summary

This study will randomise pregnant women to labour epidural at a higher versus a lower lumbar level. Outcomes relating to success or failure of the epidural catheter at this level will be assessed.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALE

Inclusion Criteria1

Women electing to have epidural analgesia in labour

Exclusion Criteria1

Known contraindication to epidural analgesia. Neurological illness Multiple gestation Fetal abnormalities In distress or requiring immediate epidural catheter placement

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Interventions

PROCEDUREEpidural Analgesia

Labour epidural analgesia

Locations(1)

The Rotunda Hospital, Dublin

Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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