Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Prof Andrew Shennan
ORCID ID
Contact details
UMDS
Division of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Fetal Health
6th Floor
North Wing
St Thomas' Hospital
London
SE1 7EH
United Kingdom
+44 (0)2079289292
andrew.shennan@kcl.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
MCH 02-31
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Using a randomised controlled design we propose to investigate
1. Whether an epidural technique which provides minimal motor block is associated with differences in the more traditional technique and
2. Whether there are any variations in these respects between two different types of minimal motor block epidural techniques.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Pregnancy and childbirth: Pregnancy
Intervention
Not provided at time of registration
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
To evaluate the implications for midwifery practice of the new techniques in comparison with non-mobile epidurals.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/02/1997
Overall trial end date
01/08/1998
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Female
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/02/1997
Recruitment end date
01/08/1998
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
UMDS
London
SE1 7EH
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Mother and Child Health National Research and Development Programme (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
1. 2002 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12459686
Publication citations
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Results
Wilson MJ, Cooper G, MacArthur C, Shennan A, , Randomized controlled trial comparing traditional with two "mobile" epidural techniques: anesthetic and analgesic efficacy., Anesthesiology, 2002, 97, 6, 1567-1575.