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Normal delivery using epidural anaesthesia with total painless method

Effectiveness of levobupivacaine and ropivacaine for epidural labour analgesia

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/03/082713
Enrollment
75
Registered
2025-03-19
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

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

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Levobupivacaine plain: 19 G epidural catheter inserted at L4-L5 interspace under Local anaesthesia and Inj. Levobupivacaine 0.2% 12 ml as bolus via epidural catheter at the time of mor

Sponsors

Gandhi Medical College Bhopal Madhya Pradesh
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Full Term Female Pregnant Women Singleton Pregnancy and Vertx Presentation Active stage of labour ASA Grade I

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Cardiovascular disease, Neuromuscular diseases Major sicknesses like bronchial asthma and tuberculosis Severe eclampsia Received opioid or sedative drugs Drug allergies Physical disability

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To determine the overall effectiveness of levobupivacaine or ropivacaine in terms of onset,quality of analgesia and degree of motor blockadeTimepoint: study start from Epidural catheter insertion to the delivery of baby and removal of catherer followed by 6 hrs after delivery

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To Assess the maternal fetal outcome & maternal satisfaction scoreTimepoint: at the time of delivery of the baby & thereafter every hour till 6 hrs after delivery

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Rajkumar Ahirwal

Gandhi Medical College

brajeshkaushal3@gmail.com9425772151

Outcome results

None listed

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