Transplacental Neonatal Transfer of Lidocaine During Urgent Caesarean Delivery (Lidocaine TNT)
Transplacental Neonatal Transfer of Lidocaine During Urgent Caesarean Delivery: the Lidocaine TNT Prospective Multicentre Cohort Study
Lidocaine is commonly administered through an existing labor epidural catheter to provide surgical anesthesia for urgent cesarean delivery. Lidocaine crosses the placenta, and fetal exposure may be influenced by maternal dose, the interval between epidural administration and delivery, and fetal acid-base status.
This prospective multicenter observational cohort study evaluated fetal exposure to lidocaine in women undergoing Lucas category 1 or category 3 cesarean delivery after epidural extension with 2% lidocaine and epinephrine. Lidocaine concentrations were measured in paired umbilical arterial and venous plasma samples collected immediately after delivery. The study compared umbilical cord lidocaine concentrations between the two urgency categories and examined their associations with umbilical pH.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
The Lidocaine TNT study was a prospective observational pharmacokinetic cohort study conducted in two tertiary maternity units of the Hospices Civils de Lyon, France.
Women undergoing Lucas category 1 cesarean delivery, defined by an immediate threat to the life of the woman or fetus, or Lucas category 3 cesarean delivery, defined by the need for early delivery without immediate maternal or fetal compromise, were eligible when surgical anesthesia was obtained by extending a pre-existing labor epidural catheter with 2% lidocaine and epinephrine.
The urgency category was assigned by the attending obstetric team before delivery. In the local color-code system, Lucas category 1 corresponded to red-code cesarean delivery, with a target decision-to-delivery interval below 15 minutes, and Lucas category 3 corresponded to green-code cesarean delivery, with a target interval below 60 minutes.
Epidural extension was performed according to routine clinical practice using lidocaine 2% with epinephrine 1:200,000. The lidocaine dose, timing of administration, use of adjuncts, and need for additional anesthetic supplementation were determined by the attending anesthesia team and were not assigned by the study protocol.
Paired umbilical arterial and venous blood samples were collected immediately after delivery in blood-gas syringes containing dry heparin. After routine blood-gas analysis, residual plasma was stored and subsequently analyzed using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.
The primary objective was to compare umbilical arterial and venous plasma lidocaine concentrations between Lucas category 1 and category 3 cesarean deliveries. Secondary objectives were to examine the associations between umbilical pH and the corresponding lidocaine concentrations and to assess whether the relationship between arterial pH and arterial lidocaine concentration differed according to cesarean urgency category.
Arterial and venous lidocaine concentrations were analyzed separately after natural-log transformation. Bayesian Gaussian linear regression models included Lucas category, the corresponding umbilical pH, birth weight, gestational age, and maternal epidural lidocaine dose. A secondary model included an interaction between Lucas category and umbilical arterial pH. Complete-case analyses were performed without imputation of missing data.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Lyon, France
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Sampling Method
Study Population
Description
Inclusion criteria Woman aged 18 years or older. Lucas category 1 or category 3 cesarean delivery. Pre-existing labor epidural catheter. Surgical anesthesia obtained by epidural extension using lidocaine 2% with epinephrine.
Participant informed about the secondary use of routinely collected data and residual biological samples.
Absence of opposition to participation in accordance with French regulations.
Exclusion criteria Lucas category 2 cesarean delivery. Elective or prophylactic cesarean delivery not requiring urgent fetal extraction.
Absence of a functioning epidural catheter. Absence of an objective sensory block or effective labor analgesia suggesting epidural catheter failure.
Suspected intrathecal catheter migration or unintentional dural puncture. Cesarean delivery performed under general anesthesia alone. Cesarean delivery performed under spinal anesthesia alone.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
Cohorts and Interventions
Group / Cohort |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Lucas category 1 cesarean delivery
Women undergoing cesarean delivery because of an immediate threat to the life of the woman or fetus.
The locally targeted decision-to-delivery interval was less than 15 minutes.
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Category Lucas 1 cesarian section with the timing of birth < 15 min
Other Names:
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Lucas category 3 cesarean delivery
Women requiring early cesarean delivery without immediate maternal or fetal compromise.
The locally targeted decision-to-delivery interval was less than 60 minutes.
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Urgent cesarian section within 60 min
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Umbilical arterial and venous plasma lidocaine concentration
Time Frame: at birth
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Lidocaine concentration measured in plasma obtained from an umbilical venous and arterial blood sample using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.
Concentrations are expressed in ng/mL and compared between Lucas category 1 and category 3 cesarean deliveries.
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at birth
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Umbilical venous and arterial pH
Time Frame: at birth
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Umbilical venous and arterial pH measured by routine cord blood-gas analysis.
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at birth
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Other Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Interaction between cesarean urgency category and umbilical arterial pH
Time Frame: at birth
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Interaction coefficient between Lucas urgency category and umbilical arterial pH in an adjusted Bayesian Gaussian regression model of natural-log-transformed umbilical arterial lidocaine concentration.
This analysis assesses whether the arterial pH-lidocaine concentration relationship differs between Lucas category 1 and category 3 cesarean deliveries.
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at birth
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Mikhail DZIADZKO, MD,PhD, Hospices Civils de Lyon
Study record dates
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Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- AGORA 24-5532
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
IPD Plan Description
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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