Comparison of two different methods of delivery of labour epidural and presence of fever in women in labour.

Comparing the incidence of hyperthermia with use of intermittent versus continuous epidural labour analgesia: a randomized controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 1Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2022/03/040785

Enrollment

114

Registered

2022-03-03

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-10-17

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: O80- Encounter for full-term uncomplicated delivery

Interventions

Intervention1: intermittent patient controlled boluses.: an epidural catheter will be placed and intermittent patient controlled boluses of 10ml of 0.1% Ropivacaine and 2mcg/cc Fentanyl will be given

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: singleton, term pregnancies with vertex presentation, less than or equal to 3cm cervical dilatation, Epidural in situ for more than 5hours.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: baseline temperature >38oC, suspected chorioamnionitis, contraindications to regional anaesthesia-patient refusal, active maternal hemorrhage, septicemia, infection at or near the site of needle insertion and clinical signs of coagulopathy.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
incidence of fever in patients receiving continuous and intermittent epidural infusionsTimepoint: 30 mins, 2 hours, q4hourly till delivery	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
to assess analgesia between two modalities using a visual pain score and number of rescue boluses.Timepoint: 2 hours;to assess STOPS score of neonates at birthTimepoint: at birth;to check levels of serum Ropivacaine in cord bloodTimepoint: post delivery;to compare levels of serum ropivacaine between continous and intermittent epidural analgesia at different time intervalsTimepoint: 10 minutes, 30 minutes, 4 hours and post delivery	—

Measure

Time frame

to assess analgesia between two modalities using a visual pain score and number of rescue boluses.Timepoint: 2 hours;to assess STOPS score of neonates at birthTimepoint: at birth;to check levels of serum Ropivacaine in cord bloodTimepoint: post delivery;to compare levels of serum ropivacaine between continous and intermittent epidural analgesia at different time intervalsTimepoint: 10 minutes, 30 minutes, 4 hours and post delivery

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Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactEkta Rai

Christian Medical College

drektarai@yahoo.com9789250113

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026