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Noradrenaline or phenylephrine, the better drug for low blood pressure during cesarian section under spinal anaesthesia

Comparison of norepinephrine and phenylephrine boluses for the treatment of hypotension during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2022/11/047015
Enrollment
50
Registered
2022-11-03
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-11-21

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: O745- Spinal and epidural anesthesia-induced headache during labor and delivery

Interventions

Intervention1: Phenylephrine: patients will receive phenylephrine 50µg as an intravenous bolus whenever the systolic arterial pressure will drop below 20% of baseline. Control Intervention1: Noradren

Sponsors

Nil
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Term parturients(37 to 42 weeks of Gestational Age) 2. 21 and 35 years of age 3. singleton pregnancy 4. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical class II 5. Patients undergoing elective caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Parturients with allergy or hypersensitivity to phenylephrine or norepinephrine 2. any hypertensive disorders of pregnancy 3. Parturients with cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease 4. Parturients with foetal abnormalities

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
No of blouses of norepinephrine is 1.40 +- 0.577 and Phenylephrine is 2.28+-1.061 with confidence of 95 percentage and power of 80 percentage used to calculate my sample sizeTimepoint: 4 weeks and 8 weeks

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
- To compare the incidence of bradycardia in mother. - To compare the incidence of Nausea and Vomiting in mother. - To compare the foetal outcomes by APGAR score of the foetus Timepoint: -Heart rate less than 50/min -APGAR at 1 min and 5 min.

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Abhilash Dash

VIMSAR BURLA

drbimalpanda@gmail.com9437175425

Outcome results

None listed

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