Clinical trials: Epidural
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Sterile Amniotic Fluid Filtrate Epidural Injection.
There is a large population of patients with lumbosacral radicular pain due to spinal stenosis who do not respond to physical therapy or oral medication management, yet wish to avoid spinal surgery or are simply not candidates…
- Trial name
- NCT04537026
- Testing
- Amniotic Fluid Allograft, Dexamethasone sodium phosphate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Fetus or Neonate Affected by Maternal Epidural Anesthesia During Labor and Delivery
Pulse Pressure and Post-epidural Fetal Heart Rate Changes
Epidural anesthesia, the most common method of pain control in labor, can contribute to alterations in maternal blood pressure and/or fetal heart rate changes.
- Trial name
- NCT02565485
- Testing
- Lactated Ringer's
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 276 people
- Sponsor
- MetroHealth Medical Center
Surgery, Analgesia
Thoracic Epidural Analgesia vs Surgical Site Infiltration With Liposomal Bupivacaine Following Open Gynecologic Surgery
The goal of this study is to test the hypothesis that surgical site infiltration with liposomal bupivacaine (LB) is non-inferior to and more cost effective than thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) for patients undergoing open…
- Trial name
- NCT04117074
- Testing
- Liposomal bupivacaine, Thoracic epidural analgesia (bupivacaine)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Pregnancy
Use of Peanut Labor Ball Following Epidural Anesthesia
The purpose of the study is to look at the impact of using the Peanut Labor Ball (PLB) after epidural anesthesia in patients who have never given birth.
- Trial name
- NCT02190591
- Testing
- Peanut Labor Ball
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 204 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- TriHealth Inc.
Pregnancy
PIEB vs CEI for Labor Analgesia: An MLAC Study
Utilizing a 'minimal local analgesic concentration (MLAC) study' design to first determine the relative potency of Programmed Intermittent Epidural Bolus (PIEB) compared to Continuous Epidural Infusion (CEI) and secondly to…
- Trial name
- NCT02573597
- Testing
- Bupivacaine, Sufentanil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Labor Pain
Spinal or Epidural Fentanyl or Sufentanil for Labour Pain in Early Phase of the Labour
In this study the analgesic effect of two different opioids (fentanyl and sufentanil) will be compared when given either intrathecally or epidurally in primiparous parturients during early phase of the labour.
- Trial name
- NCT02885350
- Testing
- Spinal analgesia for labour pain, Epidural analgesia for labour pain
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Helsinki University Central Hospital
Pregnancy
Does Ultrasound Help Junior Anesthesia Residents With Placement of Labor Analgesia in Pregnant Patients
The investigators believe that ultrasound guided CSE technique will help junior resident rotating for the first time on the labor and delivery floor to place more accurately the epidural needle in the midline position as compared…
- Trial name
- NCT02747238
- Testing
- Ultrasound, No ultrasound, Epidural infusion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Epidural Analgesia, Obstetric
Effects of Epidural Lidocaine on the Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Profiles of DepoDur® After Cesarean Delivery
To evaluate the levels of morphine in a patient's blood when morphine is given into the epidural space in the form of DepoDur® either alone or following a dose of lidocaine also given in the epidural space.
- Trial name
- NCT00804609
- Testing
- DepoDur following epidural lidocaine, DepoDur following spinal anesthetic
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Virtual Reality, Anesthesia
HoloLens: an Objective Alternative to the Operator's Memory
Neuraxial anesthesia has traditionally been a 'blind' technique relying on users' feel and skill, both are subjective, lack complete accuracy and influenced by patient's physique variations that are quite challenging, and lead to…
- Conditions
- Virtual Reality, Anesthesia, Epidural
- Trial name
- Hololens (NCT04028284)
- Testing
- HoloLens-guided epidural, US-guided epidural
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Labor, Analgesia, Epidural
Effect of Timing on Efficacy of Morphine Analgesia After 2-chloroprocaine Anesthesia
Epidural chloroprocaine is often used in obstetrical anesthesia because of its fast onset and short duration. These properties make it an ideal drug to use for epidural anesthesia in patients undergoing postpartum tubal ligation.
- Trial name
- NCT00487084
- Testing
- Morphine-CP-saline (MCS), saline-2CP-morphine (SCM), saline-lidocaine-morphine (SLM)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 136 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Spinal Cord Injury
Recovery of Cardiovascular Function With Epidural Stimulation After Human Spinal Cord Injury
We propose to demonstrate that epidural stimulation (ES) can be used to recover significant levels of autonomic control of cardiovascular and respiratory function as well as the ability to voluntarily control leg movements below…
- Trial name
- NCT02037620
- Testing
- 5-6-5 Specify electrode, Restore Advance Pulse Generator
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- University of Louisville
Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia
CompuFlo Thoracic Epidural Study
Traditionally, loss-of-resistance (LOR) to air or saline with a special ground-glass syringe is the technique used to identify epidural space, but failure rates up to 30% have been reported using this technique for thoracic…
- Trial name
- NCT03826186
- Testing
- Traditional (loss-of-resistance technique) thoracic epidural placement, CompuFlo thoracic epidural placement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- YATISH SIDDAPURA RANGANATH
Obesity
A Novel Way to Estimate Epidural Depth in Morbidly Obese Parturient
The purpose of this study is to determine the correlation between actual epidural needle depth (ND) and the use of ultrasound with an epidural depth equation (EQ-US) to estimate epidural depth (Est-D) in morbidly obese…
- Trial name
- NCT01415232
- Testing
- Sonosite S-Nerve® US system (SonoSite, Bothell,WA)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Manuel C. Vallejo
Pain Management, Spinal Fusion
Intrathecal Morphine Versus Epidural Extended Release Morphine for Pediatric Patients Undergoing Spinal Fusion
This study plans to learn more about preventing pain in children who are having posterior spinal fusion surgery using two different kinds of morphine (a pain medicine).
- Conditions
- Pain Management, Spinal Fusion, Scoliosis
- Trial name
- NCT00880607
- Testing
- Intrathecal morphine, Extended Release Epidural Morphine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Labor Pain, Complications; Cesarean Section
Outcomes of Neuraxial Anesthetic Technique on the Trial of Labor After Cesarean (TOLAC)
To compare the effects of epidural versus combined spinal and epidural (CSE) anesthesia on the success of Trial of Labor After Cesarean (TOLAC).
- Conditions
- Labor Pain, Complications; Cesarean Section, Pregnancy
- Trial name
- NCT02105558
- Testing
- Epidural anesthesia, Combined spinal and epidural anesthesia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Medical; Abortion, Fetus
Programmed Intermittent Epidural Bolus Versus Continuous Epidural Infusion for Termination of Pregnancy Analgesia
This study included women who underwent voluntary second trimester termination of pregnancy. Patients were randomized to programmed intermittent epidural anesthetic bolus or continuous epidural infusion for pain analgesia.
- Trial name
- NCT01860521
- Testing
- Programmed Intermittent Epidural Bolus, Continuous Epidural Infusion, Procedure of interruption of pregnancy
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 104 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino - IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy
Pain, Acute
Programmed Intermittent Bolus Dosing Versus Continuous Epidural Infusion for Epidural Analgesia in Abdominal Surgery.
Epidurals are an effective means for providing neuraxial anesthesia and analgesia. Prior studies in labor epidurals have demonstrated that a programmed intermittent bolus application of local anesthesia can improve pain control…
- Trial name
- NCT03307174
- Testing
- Bupivacaine, Fentanyl
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Labor Pain
Epidural Neostigmine for Labor Pain
The purpose of this study is to see which dose of epidural neostigmine is the best additive to use with the numbing medication used in an epidural during labor.
- Trial name
- NCT00779467
- Testing
- Neostigmine, Bupivacaine, fentanyl
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University
Hypotension, Labor Complication
Pre-epidural Sequential Compression Devices (SCDs) to Prevent Hypotension During Labor
When hypotension is related to epidural placement, this can occur within 15-60 minutes after placement. The purpose of this study is to build upon this preliminary work and to use a randomized controlled trial to examine the…
- Trial name
- NCT05250960
- Testing
- SCD
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 109 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- TriHealth Inc.
Pain Relief
Comparison of Loss of Resistance Techniques
The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a difference in success outcome of the combined spinal epidural labor analgesia between air versus saline when used to identify the epidural space.
- Trial name
- NCT00638274
- Testing
- Air, Saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 356 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences