Intravenous Remifentanil Patient-controlled Analgesia (PCA) and Epidural Patient Controlled Epidural Analgesia (PCEA) for Labor Analgesia

April 19, 2015 updated by: Hadassah Medical Organization

Comparison of the Efficacy Intravenous Remifentanil PCA and Epidural PCEA for Labor Analgesia

Women requesting analgesia do not always wish to receive a potent analgesic method, and may fear the risks of epidural analgesia.

Study Aim: To determine whether remifentanil is effective for labor analgesia when compared with standard treatment (epidural analgesia).

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

50

Phase

  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Israel
      • Jerusalem, Israel
        • Hadassah Medical Organization

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 40 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion criteria:

  • Healthy women
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status class I or II
  • Body weight less than 110 kg
  • In active labor (including induced labor and premature rupture of membranes)
  • Cervical dilatation at 2-6 cm
  • Regular contractions
  • Age between 18 and 40 years old
  • Gestational age greater than 36 completed weeks
  • Singleton pregnancy and vertex presentation

Exclusion criteria:

  • Contraindication for epidural analgesia (bleeding diathesis, neuropathy, severe scoliosis, previous spine surgery, local anesthetic allergy)
  • Narcotic administration in the previous 2 hours
  • Previous uterine surgery
  • Pre-eclampsia and the inability to adequately understand the consent form
  • Blocked nose, and any indication patient for whom epidural analgesia is medically indicated (cardiac disease, suspected difficult airway)

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: 1
Epidural group
Drug: Bupivacaine epidural
Bupivacaine 0.1%, fentanyl 1 mic/kg
Active Comparator: 2
Remifentanil iv PCA
Drug: Remifentanil
40-50 mic per 1-2 min via PCA

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Primary analgesia end-point: VAS pain Score
Time Frame: 1-6 hours
1-6 hours

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Hadassah Medical Organization

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Carolyn F Weiniger, MB ChB, Hadassah HMO

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

February 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2012

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 2, 2008

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 2, 2008

First Posted (Estimate)

December 3, 2008

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

April 21, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 19, 2015

Last Verified

February 1, 2010

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • rem-epi-nov-2008- HMO-CTIL

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