Ultrasound Guidance for Epidural Analgesia and Anesthesia

NCT02436109 | Terminated

• 1 other identifier: H14-01152
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 10
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Most women delivering by cesarean at BC Women's receive regional anesthesia; which includes spinal, epidural, or combined spinal-epidural anesthesia. In all these techniques a needle is placed in the lower back and local anesthetic is injected to freeze the body. Normally, before the needle is placed in a patients' back, the anesthesiologist will feel between their back bones with his/her fingers to find the right spot for the needle. This study will be evaluating if the distance from the skin to the appropriate spinal space measured with a novel 3D Ultrasound will equal the actual depth of the needle insertion.

Conditions

Epidural Space Depth

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• epidural space depth

  comparison of ultrasound measured epidural space to actual needle insertion

  intraoperative

Study Arms (1)

study group

elective cesarean delivery patients

Device: Ultrasound

Interventions

Ultrasound DEVICE

Parturients backs will be scanned using 3D ultrasound to measure the depth to the epidural space

study group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 19 Years+
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

pregnant women

You may qualify if:

• term pregnancy
• elective cesarean

You may not qualify if:

• scoliosis
• high bmi

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of British Columbia: lead

Study Sites (1)

BC Women's Hospital

Vancouver, British Columbia, V6H 3N1, Canada

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Ultrasonography

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Diagnostic Imaging; Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures; Diagnosis

Study Officials

• Vit Gunka, MD FRCPC

  University of British Columbia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 31, 2015
• First Posted: May 6, 2015
• Study Start: October 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2016
• Study Completion: May 1, 2016
• Last Updated: November 17, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-11

Locations

CA (1)