Post-Op Lidocaine Patch

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2019-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

Randomized control trial evaluating use of lidocaine vs placebo patch for post-operative cesarean incision pain.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Oregon Health and Science University
• Treatments: Lidocaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant patients who require a scheduled or non-urgent cesarean birth

• Patient able to receive neuraxial analgesia

• Patient able to give verbal and written consent for both cesarean birth and study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients requiring emergent cesarean birth

• Patients allergic to lidocaine or adhesive

• Patients who have already received an epidural during this admission or requiring general anesthesia for cesarean birth

• Patients using chronic oral neuromodulators

• Patients with cardiac disease or using anti-arrhythmic agents

• Patients with fibromyalgia or chronic pain syndromes such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, or lupus.

• Daily narcotic or opiate use for greater than the 2 months prior to enrollment in the study.