Parturient Satisfaction With Epidural Analgesia by PCEA or Manual Boluses

Parturient Satisfaction With Epidural Analgesia During Parturient Controlled Pump

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06094946

Enrollment

100

Registered

2023-10-23

Start date

2024-12-31

Completion date

2025-02-28

Last updated

2024-04-24

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Conditions

Labor Pain

Keywords

epidural analgesia, labour epidural, patient controlled epidural

Brief summary

Those prospective parturients that express that they may want an epidural labour analgesia for their delivery will be informed about the possibility to choose between a pump driven epidural or midwife administered intermittent boluses.

Detailed description

The purpose is to compare parturient and midwife satisfaction with the epidural labour analgesia when epidural analgesia is maintained by an epidural bolus pump (automated mandatory boluses with patient controlled boluses without background infusion) or midwife administered on-demand boluses.

Interventions

DRUGRopivacaine Hydrocloride

1 mg/ml

DRUGFentanyl Citrate

2.5 micrograms/ml

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to 55 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Age 18 years or older * Admitted to the delivery hospital with the prospect of vaginal delivery * On admission when questioned about planned analgesia expresses that may want an epidural analgesia for the planned vaginal delivery * After reading the study prochure signs the participation (consent) form * Sufficient command of Finnish or Swedish to facilitate interview

Exclusion criteria

* Contraindications for epidural analgesia * Planned cesarean delivery * Age under 18 years

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Parturient satisfaction with analgesia	During use of labour analgesia (up to 6 hours)	Visual analog scale 0-100 mm (0=dissatisfied; 100=maximum satisfaction)

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Midwife satisfaction with epidural labour analgesia	During use of labour analgesia (up to 6 hours)	Visual analog scale 0-100 mm (0=dissatisfied; 100=maximum satisfaction)
Support person's satisfaction with epidural labour analgesia	During use of labour analgesia (up to 6 hours)	Visual analog scale 0-100 mm (0=dissatisfied; 100=maximum satisfaction)

Countries

Finland

Contacts

Primary ContactAntti J Vaananen, MD PhD

antti.vaananen@hus.fi+358504271850

Backup ContactRiina Jernman, MD PhD

riina.jernman@hus.fi+358504272584

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026