Synera™ for Epidural Needle Insertion

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

We hypothesized that the analgesic effect of Synera™ analgesic patch would be superior to traditional infiltration with lidocaine for pain of epidural needle insertion in laboring parturients.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: IWK Health Centre
• Collaborator: Duke University

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• older than 18 years, body mass index less than 45 kg•m-2, requesting a labor epidural

Exclusion Criteria:

• hypersensitivity to any study medications