Does Ultrasound of the Spine Improve Labor Epidurals/Spinal Anesthesia in Obstetric Patients?
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01243216. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
Data is sourced from official ClinicalTrials.gov public API records. Always review the official ClinicalTrials.gov record for the latest information.
Official title
The Utility of Pre-procedure Ultrasound for Neuraxial Analgesia/Anesthesia in Obstetric Patients
Brief summary
Reproduced verbatim from the official ClinicalTrials.gov record. Not medical advice.
The investigators are interested in determining the utility of ultrasound of the spine for labor epidurals or spinal anesthesia for women in labor or having a cesarean delivery. The investigators hypothesized that in women with poor spinal landmarks that the use of ultrasound of the spine will improve the process of placing labor epidurals or spinal anesthetics
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01243216
- Recruitment status
- Withdrawn
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- Not listed
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 55 Years
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Sep 30, 2010
- Primary completion
- Jul 31, 2014
- Completion
- Jul 31, 2014
- Last update posted
- Sep 29, 2016
2010 – 2014
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's and Children's Hospital | Columbia | Missouri | 65201 | — |
Site contact phone numbers, emails, and investigator names are intentionally not displayed here. Open the official ClinicalTrials.gov record for site contact information.
Recently updated Pregnancy trials
Other public records listing Pregnancy. Sorted by last update posted; newest first. Not a recommendation.
- NCT07792837: An Online Intuitive Eating Program for Pregnant Women With Obesity to Support Well-Being Recruiting
- NCT07776457: Substance Use in Pregnancy - Optimizing Retention in Treatment by Maximizing Opportunities for Management Not yet recruiting
- NCT05656378: A Repository to Study Host-Microbiome Interactions in Health and Disease Recruiting
- NCT06199154: Induction of Labor in Morbidly Obese Patients Recruiting
- NCT07213284: Michigan Healthy Mom (MI-MOM) Pregnancy Improvement Web Application Trial Recruiting
- NCT06259097: Different Medications to Induce Labor Recruiting
About this trial record page
- What this page shows
- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01243216, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
- What this page does not do
- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
- Where the data comes from
- Sourced from the official ClinicalTrials.gov public API. The official record is the source of truth.
- Last refresh
- Last update posted Sep 29, 2016 · Synced Sep 8, 2026
Related: full search, browse by condition, browse by drug or therapy, browse by sponsor, browse by U.S. city.
Open the official record
The complete protocol, eligibility criteria, and contact information for NCT01243216 live on ClinicalTrials.gov.