Impact of Prophylactic Ephedrine on Fetal Heart Tracing and Uterine Tetanic Contraction After CSE
NCT05873218
This study is recruiting at 1 US site in 1 state, according to its ClinicalTrials.gov record last updated .
Summary
Labor analgesia is an important component of the care of laboring patients. A known side effect of combined spinal and epidural anesthesia (a type of labor analgesia) is an increased incidence of category II fetal heart rate tracing (defined below) and low blood pressure. The study team aims to study if a prophylactic dose of ephedrine will decrease the occurrence of this type of tracing after combined spinal epidural (CSE) anesthesia placement. Ephedrine is not currently routinely used as prevention for category II tracings or low blood pressure.
Shortened from the sponsor's brief summary. View official record on ClinicalTrials.gov
Conditions studied
- Labor
Eligibility basics and study details
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Ages
- 18 to 55 years
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Last updated on ClinicalTrials.gov
- May 6, 2026
These are the basic criteria only. The full inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official record, and the study team decides who can take part.
US recruiting sites
New York · 1
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SInai · New York, NY
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, data processed . Recruiting US sites filtered by distance and site status; summaries shortened.