Color Doppler to confirm epidural catheter positioning in parturient, would it help?

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Early Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202208533831797

Enrollment

194

Registered

2022-08-08

Start date

2022-08-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

Fertility-female

Interventions

epidural analgesia for labor pain patients with BMI less than 35 and

for patients with BMI more than 35 epidural analgesia for labor pain.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Female in labour age 18_44

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients suffering from coagulopathy. 2) Patients on recent anticoagulant therapy. 3) Patients suffering from sepsis or with local sepsis at the insertion site. 4) Patients with platelet count less than 100,000/dl. 5) Patient refusal. 6) Patient with known allergy to local anesthetic drugs.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary outcome is to calculate the sensitivity and specificity of using color Doppler with pulsed wave Doppler to accurately detect the position of epidural catheter in BMI 35 (morbid obese) parturients in labor.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
percentage of failure of epidural analgesia defined as inadequate analgesia despite adequate dosing at any time during or after initial epidural placement.	—

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public ContactHanaa Elfeky

Lecturer

Hanaafotoh@yahoo.mail0201001970973

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026