Individualized Timing of Analgesia and Effectiveness of Labor Analgesia
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
Neuraxial analgesia is the gold standard to relieve labor pain. A recent "Practice guidelines for obstetric anesthesia" suggests that neuraxial analgesia should be provided in the early stage of labor (cervical dilation < 5 cm) or on a individualized basis. The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to investigate whether neuraxial labor analgesia administered on an individualized basis can improve analgesia quality and maternal satisfaction.
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Detailed Description
Neuraxial analgesia is the gold standard to relieve labor pain. It also helps to attenuate maternal anxiety and improve maternal satisfaction. A recent "Practice guidelines for obstetric anesthesia" suggests that neuraxial analgesia should be provided in the early stage of labor (cervical dilation < 5 cm) or, for some special patients, be provided on a individualized basis. Studies showed that, when compared with late administration, early administration of labor analgesia resulted in equivocal findings for spontaneous, instrumented, and cesarean delivery. The investigators hypothesize that neuraxial labor analgesia provided on an individualized basis will further improve analgesia quality and maternal satisfaction. The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to investigate whether neuraxial labor analgesia administered on an individualized basis can improve analgesia quality and maternal satisfaction.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
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| Experimental: Individualized epidural analgesia Epidural catheterization will be performed after the beginning of the first stage of labor. Epidural analgesia will begin when asked by parturients and the numeric rating scale of pain is 5 or higher. A loading dose (10 ml mixture of 0.1% ropivacaine and 0.5 ug/ml sufentanil) will be administered through the epidural catheter. After a 20-minute observation, a patient-controlled analgesia pump (containing a mixture of 0.08% ropivacaine and 0.4 ug/ml sufentanil) will be connected to the epidural catheter and programmed to deliver a 6-ml bolus with a 20-minute lockout interval and a 4 ml/h background infusion. Analgesia will be terminated at the end of the third stage of labor. |
Drug: Individualized epidural analgesia
Epidural analgesia will begin when asked by the parturients (during the first stage of labor) and the numeric rating scale is 5 or higher. Analgesia will be terminated at the end of the third stage of labor.
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| Active Comparator: Routine epidural analgesia Epidural catheterization will be performed after the beginning of the first stage of labor and the cervix is dilated to 1 cm or more. Epidural analgesia will then begin. A loading dose (10 ml mixture of 0.1% ropivacaine and 0.5 ug/ml sufentanil) will be administered through the epidural catheter. After a 20-minute period observation, a patient-controlled analgesia pump (containing a mixture of 0.08% ropivacaine and 0.4 ug/ml sufentanil) will be connected to the epidural catheter and programmed to deliver a 6-ml bolus with a 20-minute lockout interval and a 4 ml/h background infusion. Analgesia will be terminated at the end of the third stage of labor. |
Drug: Routine epidural analgesia
Epidural analgesia will begin when asked by the parturients (during the first stage of labor) and the cervix is dilated to 1 cm or more. Analgesia will be terminated at the end of the third stage of labor.
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- The most severe labor pain score during labor [Assessed at 24 hours after delivery]
Assessed with numeric rating scale, where 0 indicates no pain and 10 the worst pain.
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Incidence of instrumental delivery [At the time of delivery]
Incidence of instrumental delivery
- Incidence of Cesarean delivery [At the time of delivery]
Incidence of Cesarean delivery
- Neonatal Apgar score [At 1 and 5 minutes after delivery]
Neonatal Apgar score
- Maternal satisfaction with labor analgesia [Assessed at 24 hours after delivery]
Assessed with the Likert scale, where 1=extremely dissatisfaction, 2=dissatisfaction, 3=neither dissatisfaction nor satisfaction, 4=satisfaction, 5=extremely satisfaction.
- Persistent pain score at 24 hours and 42 days after delivery [At 24 hours and 42 days after delivery]
Assessed with numeric rating scale, where 0 indicates no pain and 10 the worst pain.
- Rate of breast-feeding [At 24 hours and 42 days after delivery]
Rate of breast-feeding
- Incidence of postpartum depression [At 42 days after delivery]
Postpartum depression will be diagnosed as Edinburgh postnatal depression scale of 10 or higher.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Nulliparas (aged 18-36 years) with single cephalic term pregnancy;
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Plan to deliver vaginally, and are considered suitable for a trial of vaginal delivery by obstetricians;
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Admitted to the delivery room;
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Agree to receive epidural analgesia during labor.
Exclusion Criteria:
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History of psychiatric disease (indicate those that are diagnosed before or during pregnancy by psychiatrists);
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Presence of contraindications to epidural analgesia, which includes: (1) History of infectious disease of the central nervous system (poliomyelitis, cerebrospinal meningitis, encephalitis, etc.); (2) History of spinal or intra-spinal disease (trauma or surgery of spinal column, intra-spinal canal mass, etc.); (3) Systemic infection (sepsis); (4) Skin or soft tissue infection at the site of epidural puncture; (5) Coagulopathy.
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Other reasons that are considered unsuitable for study participation.
Contacts and Locations
Locations
| Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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| 1 | Peking University First Hospital | Beijing | Beijing | China | 100034 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Peking University First Hospital
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Dong-Xin Wang, MD, PhD, Peking University First Hospital
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
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- Anim-Somuah M, Smyth RM, Jones L. Epidural versus non-epidural or no analgesia in labour. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011 Dec 7;(12):CD000331. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000331.pub3. Review. Update in: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018 May 21;5:CD000331.
- Panni MK, Segal S. Local anesthetic requirements are greater in dystocia than in normal labor. Anesthesiology. 2003 Apr;98(4):957-63.
- Practice Guidelines for Obstetric Anesthesia: An Updated Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Obstetric Anesthesia and the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology. Anesthesiology. 2016 Feb;124(2):270-300. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000935.
- Sng BL, Leong WL, Zeng Y, Siddiqui FJ, Assam PN, Lim Y, Chan ES, Sia AT. Early versus late initiation of epidural analgesia for labour. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Oct 9;(10):CD007238. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007238.pub2. Review.
- Wassen MM, Smits LJ, Scheepers HC, Marcus MA, Van Neer J, Nijhuis JG, Roumen FJ. Routine labour epidural analgesia versus labour analgesia on request: a randomised non-inferiority trial. BJOG. 2015 Feb;122(3):344-50. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.12854. Epub 2014 May 22.
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- ChiCTR-IPR-16007976