Intravenous Remifentanil Patient-controlled Analgesia (PCA) and Epidural Patient Controlled Epidural Analgesia (PCEA) for Labor Analgesia

Phase 4 Completed 50 enrolled Hadassah Medical Organization

RandomizedSingle-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

Women requesting analgesia do not always wish to receive a potent analgesic method, and may fear the risks of epidural analgesia. Study Aim: To determine whether remifentanil is effective for labor analgesia when compared with standard treatment (epidural analgesia).

Timeline

Start: 2010-02
Primary completion: 2012-07
Completion: 2012-07

Publications

Background Hill D. Remifentanil patient-controlled analgesia should be routinely available for use in labour. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2008 Oct;17(4):336-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2008.03.005. No abstract available.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Bupivacaine	Other / unclassified	0.1 %	Other
Comparator	Remifentanil	Small molecule	40 ug	Intravenous
Comparator	Remifentanil	Small molecule	50 ug	Intravenous
Background	Fentanyl	Other / unclassified	1 ug/kg	—

Indications

No indication recorded.