Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0047126465
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Validity of the internal jugular vein compression test to confirm correct placement of the epidural catheter.
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: Anaesthesia
Intervention
Patient volunteers, Single Centre Prospective, Observational Single-blind, Randomised. Chi Squared test constructing a two by two table to input the data.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Time interval after completion of the third stage of labour
Secondary outcome measures
Total duration of the epidural Infusion. Patient weight. Depth of epidural space. Length of catheter in the epidural space.
Overall trial start date
01/01/2003
Overall trial end date
01/10/2003
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
20 volunteers, post-partum women who have received an epidural for pain relief in labour.
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
01/01/2003
Recruitment end date
01/10/2003
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Anaesthetic Department: Labour Ward
Birmingham
B15 2TH
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Birmingham Women's Healthcare NHS Trust (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
2007 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17381567
Publication citations
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Results
Chilvers J, Geoghegan J, Moore P, Shah J, Internal jugular vein compression to assess the correct placement of an epidural catheter in postpartum women., Anaesthesia, 2007, 62, 4, 332-334, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.04985.x.