Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0084118525
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To ascertain if the level of block to a 10 mA 50 Hz stimulus has any correlation with a pain free Caesarean section.
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
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Pregnancy and Childbirth: Pain
Intervention
Transcutaneous electrical stimulation versus touch sensation
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
27/11/2002
Overall trial end date
25/04/2004
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
About 20 women undergoing non-urgent Caesarean section.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Female
Target number of participants
20
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
27/11/2002
Recruitment end date
25/04/2004
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Department of Anaesthesia
Cottingham
HU16 5JQ
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
The North and South Bank Research and Development Consortium (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
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2005 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15845710
Publication citations
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Results
Zaidi AS, Russell IF, Is transcutaneous electrical stimulation a realistic surrogate for genuine surgical stimulation during spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery?, Anesth. Analg., 2005, 100, 5, 1477-81, table of contents, doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000156219.47961.74.