Clinical trials: Parturients
Anxiety
Dosing Music for Anxiety Reduction in Parturients
This is a clinical study that aims to determine the effective dose of music listening duration that is required to reduce anxiety in patients awaiting scheduled cesarean section.
- Trial name
- NCT05966766
- Testing
- Mozart selections, Patient-preferred music selections
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tufts Medical Center
Hypothermia; Anesthesia, Hypothermia, Newborn
Perioperative Warming Measures in Cesarean Delivery
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the best method for keeping patients warm during cesarean deliveries and the effect of temperature change on the patient and baby
- Conditions
- Hypothermia; Anesthesia, Hypothermia, Newborn, Hypothermia, Sequela
- Trial name
- NCT05015582
- Testing
- Pre op upper body forced air warming (32˚C), Pre op lower body forced air warming (32˚C), Pre op fluids (45˚C)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Obesity
A Novel Way to Estimate Epidural Depth in Morbidly Obese Parturient
The purpose of this study is to determine the correlation between actual epidural needle depth (ND) and the use of ultrasound with an epidural depth equation (EQ-US) to estimate epidural depth (Est-D) in morbidly obese…
- Trial name
- NCT01415232
- Testing
- Sonosite S-Nerve® US system (SonoSite, Bothell,WA)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Manuel C. Vallejo
Pain
The Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Associated With the Use of Non-pharmacological in Labor
Although there are studies that investigated the use of non-pharmacological pain relief and correction of dystocia during labor, there are few randomized controlled trials, especially related to combined protocols that use such…
- Trial name
- NCT01601860
- Testing
- Use of non-pharmacological, Other: Routine care
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Cardiac Arrythmias
Carbetocin on Myocardial Repolarization Dynamics in Obstetrics Study
Relationship between carbetocin dose on transmural dispersion of repolarization (TDR).
- Trial name
- CaRDIO (NCT03716076)
- Testing
- Carbetocin
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Pain, Postoperative
Post-operative Patient Positioning Device for Improvement of Post-Operative Pain
This paucity of evidence supporting or dissuading the use of postoperative abdominal support following cesarean section for the reduction of postoperative pain leaves important clinical questions unanswered.
- Trial name
- NCT04797637
- Testing
- ABBy® Adjustable Panniculus Retractor for Wound Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 278 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Spinal Induced Hypotension in Cesarean Delivery
Up-Down Determination of the ED90 of Phenylephrine for Hypotension Prophylaxis in Cesarean Delivery
This study is designed to determine the ED90 for an infusion of phenylephrine to prevent spinal induced low blood pressure in parturients presenting for an elective cesarean delivery.
- Trial name
- NCT00796328
- Testing
- Phenylephrine infusion
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IWK Health Centre
Hypotension
Preventing Hypotension in Parturients With an Elevated Body Mass Index (BMI)
Previous research regarding the use of phenylephrine has excluded obese subjects (BMI >35). This subgroup of patients represents a large portion of the obstetric patient population locally and nationally.
- Trial name
- NCT01481740
- Testing
- Phenylephrine bolus, phenylephrine infusion
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 178 people
- Sponsor
- IWK Health Centre
Pregnancy, Cesarean Section
Gastric Volumes by US in Term Parturients Undergoing CS With and Without Metoclopramide
Our objective is to compare gastric volumes (mL) between women who receive metoclopramide versus placebo prior to scheduled cesarean delivery in appropriately fasted patients.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Cesarean Section, Aspiration
- Trial name
- NCT05033041
- Testing
- Study drug metoclopramide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Obstetric Labor Complications, Preeclampsia
Platelet Count Trends in Pre-eclamptic Parturients
Thrombocytopenia (platelet count < 100,000/mL) occurs in approximately 15% of women with preeclampsia. Neuraxial analgesia is contraindicated in parturients with a coagulopathy; therefore, the platelet count(PC) is routinely…
- Conditions
- Obstetric Labor Complications, Preeclampsia, Thrombocytopenia
- Trial name
- NCT00787241
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 445 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Anesthesia, Spinal, Cesarean Section
Ultrasonography Versus Palpation for Spinal Anesthesia in Obese Parturients Undergoing Cesarean Delivery
The study will compare between preprocedural ultrasonography and the conventional palpation technique for spinal anesthesia in obese parturients undergoing elective cesarean delivery
- Conditions
- Anesthesia, Spinal, Cesarean Section, Spinal Ultrasound
- Trial name
- NCT03792191
- Testing
- Lumbar Spinal Ultrasonography, Conventional Landmark Palpation, Spinal Anesthesia
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 280 people
- Sponsor
- Mansoura University
Preoxygenation
Preoxygenation Using THRIVE Versus Facemask in Parturients
This study aims to determine the duration for pre-oxygenation using THRIVE and facemask for parturients.
- Trial name
- NCT03772574
- Testing
- Facemask preoxygenation, THRIVE preoxygenation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 91 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Headache
Treatment of Post-dural Puncture Headache in Postpartum Patients: Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block to Epidural Blood Patch.
The purpose of this research study is to compare the effectiveness of a sphenopalatine ganglion block to an epidural blood patch for post-dural puncture headache relief in randomized postpartum parturients over a 48 hour period.
- Trial name
- NCT02962427
- Testing
- Sphenopalatine ganglion Block, Epidural blood patch
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Epidural Anesthesia, Spinal Ultrasound
Utility of Ultrasound in Identification of Midline and Placement of Epidural in Severely Obese Parturients
This study will address the utility of ultrasound in the placement of an epidural catheter in severely obese parturients. Identification of midline can often be difficult using the standard method of palpation in obese patients.
- Conditions
- Epidural Anesthesia, Spinal Ultrasound, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT03100968
- Testing
- Palpation, Ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Postoperative Pain
A Comparative Study of Intrathecal Magnesium Sulphate & Midazolam With Epidural Ropivacaine for Caesarean Patients
This study compares whether addition of Magnesium or Midazolam intrathecally to epidurally administered isobaric Ropivacaine improves the quality of blockade, haemodynamics and duration of analgesia post-operatively.
- Trial name
- NCT02619799
- Testing
- intrathecal magnesium sulphate,, Intrathecal midazolam
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rangaraya Medical College
Anxiety, Pain
Presence of a Companion During Performance of Neuraxial Labor Analgesia
The purpose of the study is to evaluate if maternal anxiety is improved when a parturient gets her choice with regard to the presence of a companion during epidural catheter placement for labor analgesia.
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Pain, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Trial name
- Companion (NCT02982213)
- Testing
- Companion Present
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Analgesia, Obstetrical
Intrapartum Epidural Catheter Displacement: Dressing Methods
Failure of labor epidural is a well-recognized situation in obstetric anesthesia practice. Incidence of epidural failure was shown to be 12% in a retrospective analysis of 19,259 deliveries.
- Trial name
- NCT03574441
- Testing
- Tegaderm dressing + catheter support pad, Tegaderm dressing + Steri-strip dressing, Tegaderm dressing only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 91 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Augusta University
Obesity, Morbid, Spinal Anesthesia
ED90 for Hyperbaric Bupivacaine in Super Obese Parturients
The aim of this study is to determine the ED90 of hyperbaric intrathecal bupivacaine for the super obese population undergoing cesarean section under a combined spinal epidural technique.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Morbid, Spinal Anesthesia, Cesarean Delivery
- Trial name
- NCT03781388
- Testing
- Bupivacaine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University