Oral Self Medication Versus IV Administration of Pain Killers After Caesarian Delivery

Caesarian Section Clinical Trial

Official title: Comparison of a Patient Controlled Oral Administration (PCOA) of Analgesic Protocol With an IV Administration After Planned Caesarian Section : Monocentric, Randomised and Controlled Study

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

C-section deliveries are painful and need adequate analgesia. In the same time, mothers need early rehabilitation to take care of the baby.

Hypothesis: Early oral self administration of painkillers could be as effective as usual IV administration by nursing staff.

Purpose of the study: Evaluation of the efficacy of a program of self administration of painkillers postoperatively of C-section delivery.

Clinical Trial Description

Two Arms: PCOA group receiving oral self administered multimodal analgesic protocol and IV group receiving same multimodal analgesic protocol administered by nursing staff. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Caesarian Section

• NCT number: NCT01566253
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University Hospital, Montpellier
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Start date: March 2012
• Completion date: December 2012