Infiltration of lidocaine plus magnesium sulphate versus lidocaine alone for analgesia at episiotomy repair in Kano: a randomised controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202509920342106

Enrollment

156

Registered

2025-09-10

Start date

2025-10-02

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

lidocaine plus magnesium sulphate

lidocaine

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Women who are assessed to have an episiotomy at delivery. Those who gave consent to participate in the study. Haemodynamically stable patient

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Episiotomy that extended to third or fourth degree perineal tears, as the tissue injury is more extensive with more inflammatory response and pain; therefore, comparison may not be objective. 2. Known allergy to local anaesthetics or magnesium sulphate 3. preterm delivery 4. delivery of a dead baby 5. postpartum haemorrhage from any cause 6. chronic use of analgesics for any disease 7. labour analgesia 8. unbooked patients

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary outcome in this study will be perineal pain.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Level of maternal satisfaction.;Request for additional analgesia;side effects	—

Countries

Nigeria

Contacts

Public ContactFatima Ibrahim Mukhtar

Senior Registrar department of obstetrics and gynaecology

fmukhtar32@gmail.com+2348032387327

Outcome results