Development of Variable Volume Automated Mandatory Boluses for Patient-controlled Epidural Analgesia During Labour

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

216 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-08-11

Study Completion Date

2026-08-31

Brief Summary

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A novel epidural delivery regimen was developed: Variable volume automated mandatory bolus (AMB) (VVAMB) will advance individualisation of labour epidural analgesia, by which a larger volume of bolus may contribute to better spread of the local anaesthetics within brief period and thereby reduces the chances of motor blockade that could reduce instrumental deliveries.

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Detailed Description

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Epidural analgesia is the gold standard of pain relief for labour pain. Despite this, up to 50% of parturients continue to experience pain leading to suffering and increased caregiver workload. There is also higher risk of motor blockade found in those receiving epidural analgesia, and these factors is associated with dysfunctional labour requiring obstetric intervention (instrumental delivery). Automated mandatory bolus (AMB) of variable-frequency (VAMB) has been shown to provide better pain relief as compared with conventional patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) with basal infusion, however its long lockout time per hour is associated with unsuccessful patient bolus requests, with similar motor block to conventional regimens.

The investigators therefore proposes to develop a novel epidural delivery regimen: Variable volume AMB (VVAMB) will advance individualisation of labour epidural analgesia, by which a larger volume of bolus may contribute to better spread of the local anaesthetics within brief period and thereby reduces the chances of motor blockade that could reduce instrumental deliveries. This algorithm development including pilot and clinical trial will compare VVAMB with VAMB regimens, in reducing the incidence of motor block in 216 term women requesting for labour epidural analgesia.

Conditions

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Labor Pain Breakthrough Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

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Study Groups

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Variable volume Automated Mandatory Bolus (VVAMB)

The anaesthetic drug and pain medication are prepared in an epidural infusion pump with the VVAMB programme. The programme uses higher doses with lower frequency of medication (ropivacaine and fentanyl), and a patient control button for the patient to control the additional pain relief demands depending on the requirements during labour.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL