Overview

Local Anesthesia and Pain Perception During an Amniocentesis

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2011-05-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
Female
Summary
This study is been designed to answer the question of whether local anesthesia (1% lidocaine) decreases the perception of pain associated with amniocentesis in a randomized double blind placebo controlled manner. Our objective is to determine the effect of local anesthesia on the maternal pain perception from an amniocentesis.
Phase:
N/A
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Details
Lead Sponsor:
University of Oklahoma
Treatments:
Anesthetics
Lidocaine
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Singleton pregnancies

- Signed consent to participate in the trial

- Women between the ages of 18 and 45 years

- Gestational ages 15 - 24 weeks

Exclusion Criteria:

- Multiple gestation

- Refusal to participate in the trial

- Known hypersensitivity to lidocaine

- Amniocentesis during this pregnancy

- Amnioinfusion/amnioreduction where the procedure is likely to be prolonged