LOTUS Trial: Lumbar Ultrasound in Obstetric Patients With BMI > 40
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Official title
The LOTUS Trial: Lumbar Ultrasound Utility in Obstetric Patients With BMI > 40
Brief summary
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The goal of this clinical trial is to compare traditional palpation to pre-procedural lumbar ultrasound prior to epidural placement in obese (BMI \>40) obstetric patient population. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is a pre-procedural lumbar ultrasound superior to traditional palpation in terms of total number of epidural needle redirections during epidural placement? * Is there no difference in time to epidural loss between pre-procedural lumbar ultrasound and traditional palpation during epidural placement? Participants will be randomized to either a pre-procedural lumbar ultrasound or traditional palpation at the time of epidural placement.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT06305260
- Recruitment status
- Not listed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 150 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- 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
- Oct 31, 2023
- Primary completion
- Dec 29, 2024
- Completion
- Dec 29, 2024
- Last update posted
- Mar 19, 2024
2023 – 2024
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MetroHealth Hospital | Cleveland | Ohio | 44109 | — |
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- Last update posted Mar 19, 2024 · Synced Sep 7, 2026
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