Epidural related maternal temperature and neonatal outcome: a randomised controlled study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN33477809

Enrollment

800

Registered

2005-09-30

Start date

2003-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Pregnancy and Childbirth: Labour Pregnancy and Childbirth Labour

Interventions

Maintaining normothermia during labour versus care as usual.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 400 women in each group

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not provided at time of registration

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Differences in mean NACS score at 24 +/- 6 hours between the intervention and control group	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Differences in emergency caesarean and instrumental deliveries 2. Foetal intervention - FBS 3. Neonatal adverse outcomes - resuscitation requirements, Apgar score at 1 and 5 minutes, cord gases, feeding difficulties, encephalopathy 4. Neonatal intervention rate with sepsis evaluation and antibiotic treatment 5. Measurement of free oxygen radical metabolites (e.g. malonildehyde) as marker of lipid peroxidation in cord blood	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Differences in emergency caesarean and instrumental deliveries 2. Foetal intervention - FBS 3. Neonatal adverse outcomes - resuscitation requirements, Apgar score at 1 and 5 minutes, cord gases, feeding difficulties, encephalopathy 4. Neonatal intervention rate with sepsis evaluation and antibiotic treatment 5. Measurement of free oxygen radical metabolites (e.g. malonildehyde) as marker of lipid peroxidation in cord blood

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Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

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