12 Versus 20 mL PCB for D&E Cervical Prep

Phase 4 Completed 96 enrolled Stanford University

RandomizedParallel-groupSingle-blindTreatment

Summary

More research is needed to investigate methods of pain control for cervical preparation for abortion procedures. Women report pain with paracervical block injection as well as with osmotic dilator placement. This study seeks to compare a 12 mL, 2-site 1% plain lidocaine paracervical block for pain control during cervical preparation (osmotic dilator insertion) for Dilation and Evacuation (D\&E) to a 20 mL 1% lidocaine 2-site paracervical block.

Timeline

Start: 2017-01-01
Primary completion: 2020-10-15
Completion: 2020-10-15

Publications

Shaw KA, Lerma K, Hughes T, Hastings C, Fok WK, Blumenthal PD. A Comparison of Paracervical Block Volumes Before Osmotic Dilator Placement: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Sep 1;138(3):443-448. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000004485.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Lidocaine	Other / unclassified	120 mg	Other

Indications

No indication recorded.