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NCT04011098

Improving Labour Induction Analgesia: Epidural Fentanyl Bolus at Epidural Initiation for Induction of Labour

Terminated Phase 1 Last updated 4 November 2020
What this trial tests

Phase 1 trial testing Epidural Fentanyl Bolus in Epidural in 5 participants. Terminated before completion.

Timeline
1 July 2019
Primary endpoint
2 November 2020
2 November 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsorUniversity of Saskatchewan
PhasePhase 1
StatusTerminated
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingtriple
Primary purposetreatment
Enrollment5
Start date1 July 2019
Primary completion2 November 2020
Estimated completion2 November 2020
Sites1 location across Canada

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

University of Saskatchewan

Who can join

Adults 18 to 40, female only, with Epidural or Labor Pain. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Labour pain can be intensified for labour inductions and women undergoing inductions often have earlier and more frequent requests for analgesia. Current evidence suggests that epidural analgesia effectively manages pain in labour, but may give rise to adverse effects for both the mother and neonate. Opioids are often added to epidurals to improve the quality of analgesia. Despite reassuring findings regarding epidural opioids, other investigators have found an association between epidural opioids and neonatal respiratory distress, lower Neurological and Adaptive Capacity scores, and reduced rates of breastfeeding. Given the heightened implications for the mother and neonate in situations requiring induction of labour, the desire for a positive outcome whilst still providing adequate maternal analgesia is paramount. This study thus aims to investigate whether a preliminary epidural Fentanyl bolus at the initiation of the epidural may help to improve analgesia for women undergoing labour inductions for post-term pregnancy in a safe manner. Importantly, the main rationale of this proposed practice being that by achieving adequate epidural analgesia earlier in the labour induction, this may lead to better pain control overall and less overall requirements for epidural PCEA boluses and epidural "top-ups" as the induction progresses.

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