Success of External Cephalic Version Study
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Official title
Success of External Cephalic Version With Immediate Spinal Anesthesia Versus Spinal Anesthesia When Attempt Without Anesthesia Has Failed: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to determine the best way to optimize the success of external cephalic version (turning the baby from the outside). Attempting to turn babies in-utero is recommended because it may decrease the risk of needing a cesarean section for abnormal presentation. While the study team knows that this procedure can be effective, the study team still has some un-answered questions as to the best way to perform this procedure to increase the chance of success. Many prior studies have shown that using spinal anesthesia (a shot of medication placed in your back to numb and relax the abdomen) can increase the success rate of a version. This ultimately has led to the finding that using this anesthesia can decrease the rate of cesarean section. However, there have been only a small number of studies assessing the success rate if spinal anesthesia is used only in the event that without it fails. Therefore the study team is going to compare patients who receive spinal anesthesia with those who only receive spinal anesthesia if the procedure to turn the baby (ECV) fails without it.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03106753
- Recruitment status
- Terminated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Enrollment
- 34 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 60 Years
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Apr 11, 2017
- Primary completion
- May 4, 2018
- Completion
- May 4, 2018
- Last update posted
- Oct 8, 2020
2017 – 2018
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sinai West | New York | New York | 10019 | — |
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- Last update posted Oct 8, 2020 · Synced Sep 5, 2026
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