Pain relief during labour

Maternal and fetal outcome with the use of Fentanyl versus Pethidine for pain relief during labour: a randomized clinical trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR201702002020948

Enrollment

300

Registered

2017-02-06

Start date

2017-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-01-27

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Conditions

Pregnancy and Childbirth Pain relief during labour

Interventions

Fentanyl group

Pethidine group

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: women who were in the active labour (defined as regular uterine contractions of at least two in ten minutes), with a singleton pregnancy, cervical dilatation of at least four cm, with gestation of 37¿41 weeks, and reactive non-stress test.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: included allergy or previous adverse reaction to opioids or opioid dependency, use of parenteral opioids within the previous 24 hours, presence of severe systemic or mental disease, maternal respiratory rate ¿ 8 or maternal bradycardia (pulse rate less than 60), and women requesting additional dosage of analgesia. The authors excluded women requesting additional analgesia in order to test the specific single dosing for a particular opioid.

Design outcomes

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Maternal adverse effects ;Fetal-neonatal outcome;maternal acceptability	—

Primary

Measure	Time frame
changes in pain scores	—

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public ContactMohamed Rezk

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

m_rezk9207@yahoo.com00201006237186

Outcome results

None listed

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