2 Dose Neuraxial Morphine for Prevention of PDPH
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Official title
Two Dose Neuraxial Morphine for Prevention of Postdural Puncture Headache
Brief summary
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Neuraxial analgesia (most commonly continuous epidural or combined spinal epidural) is the most effective modality available for pain relief during labor. Accidental dural puncture (ADP) with a large bore epidural needle and the resulting post-dural puncture headache (PDPH) is one of the most significant sources of anesthesia-related morbidity in parturients. Epidural blood patch (EBP) is the gold standard for treatment of PDPH, and although almost always effective, can result in another ADP, as well as low back pain and lower extremity pain. For this reason, effective measures to prevent PDPH when ADP occurs would be highly valuable. One small study in which 50 women were randomly allocated to receive 2 epidural injections of morphine or saline, demonstrated a beneficial effect of epidural morphine in decreasing the incidence of PDPH. This study aims to determine the efficacy of 2 doses of neuraxial (either epidural (EPID) or intrathecal) preservative-free morphine (PFM) to prevent headache after ADP in parturients.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02473276
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Enrollment
- 44 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Aug 31, 2015
- Primary completion
- Dec 31, 2019
- Completion
- Dec 31, 2019
- Last update posted
- Feb 4, 2025
2015 – 2020
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 4
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutgers Health University Hospital | Newark | New Jersey | 07103 | — |
| Weill Cornell Medical Center | New York | New York | 10021 | — |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital | New York | New York | 10032 | — |
| Montefiore Hospital | New York | New York | 10467 | — |
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- Last update posted Feb 4, 2025 · Synced Sep 8, 2026
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