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Administrative data

NCT number NCT02597699
Other study ID # 94602
Secondary ID 2015-002856-28
Status Completed
Phase Phase 3
First received
Last updated
Start date December 18, 2015
Est. completion date May 6, 2019

Study information

Verified date December 2020
Source University Hospital, Montpellier
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The feticide is a legal and ethical obligation during a termination of pregnancy after 22 weeks' gestation. This method raise concerns about the fetal pain, maternal complications and the fetopathologic analysis. There are few studies on the subject. Investigators want to evaluate a drug in order to facilitate this method technically and emotionally challenging. They want to achieve a quick fetal asystole, a fetal analgesia, a maternal security and a optimal fetopathologic analysis. A drug, remifentanil Ultiva®, seems could meet its properties, it is a powerful morphine. A phase 2 clinical trial has assessed the feasibility, efficacy and safety of Ultiva®. They had not been able to prove bradycardia or lethal effect of Ultiva injected alone but the feasibility and safety were good. Investigators want to set up a randomized clinical trial with 2 arms : Ultiva® and lidocaine versus sufentanil and lidocaine (standard protocol), it is a bicentric study. The primary outcome is the interval between the vascular injection of lidocaine and fetal asystole. The secondary outcomes are the success rate of method, the number of puncture of the umbilical cord, the maternal side effects and the quality of fetopathologic analysis. The previous observational study showed a median interval of 2,3 minutes and a success rate of 55% (lower interval to 2 minutes). From the results they calculate a necessary inclusions to 66 patients. They believe that the bradycardia property of Ultiva® allow a potentiation of the efficacy of lidocaine. If the results are satisfactory, the use of Ultiva® can be generalized to other fetal medicine team.


Description:

The intervention will take place, as in the framework of usual care, obstetric block after achievement of maternal locoregional anesthesia peri-rachianesthesia, skin disinfection and sterile field. The gesture will be performed by an experienced obstetrician under ultrasound guidance. Anesthetist-resuscitator is present in the obstetric block. Peri-rachianesthesia is performed by the initial injection of 2.5mg of hyperbaric bupivacaine associated with 5 gamma of Sufentanil and 0.5ml of physiological saline. Inclusion in one of two arms is defined after randomization in single blind: Arm 1 (Sufentanil + Lidocaïne) or Arm 2 (Ultiva® + Lidocaïne) For patients randomized in the arm 1, we will realize the reference protocol, as in the current practice, by injecting Sufentanil intra-cordally at the posology of 1,5 μg / kg of estimated fetal weight, then Lidocaïne 1% in bolus of 10 ml (10 mg / ml). If 2 minutes after the start of the injection of Lidocaïne, there is no obtaining of fetal asystole, we will inject 100 mg of Lidocaïne 1% into a 10 ml bolus. In case of failure of the procedure, we will inject 10ml of KCL 10% intra-cordial if the cord is still accessible, if not intra-cardiac. For patients randomized to arm 2, we will intracenally inject Ultiva® 30 μg and Lidocaïne 1% into 10 ml bolus (10 mg / ml). If 2 minutes after the start of the injection of Lidocaïne, there is no obtaining of asystole, we will inject 100 mg of Lidocaïne 1% in 10 ml bolus. In case of failure of the procedure, we will inject 10 ml of KCL 10% intra-cordally if the cord is still accessible, if not intra-cardiac.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 66
Est. completion date May 6, 2019
Est. primary completion date March 7, 2019
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Female
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age > = 18 years 2. Patient having received an authorization of medical termination of pregnancy beyond 22 weeks of amenorrhea by the Multidisciplinary Centers of Prenatal Diagnosis of Montpellier or Nimes 3. Patient member or beneficiary of a national insurance scheme 4. Patient capable of understanding the nature, the purpose and the methodology of the trial 5. Patient having given an informed consent signed before the inclusion in the trial Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patient presenting a selective or total feticide in the cases of multiple pregnancies (the first preferential way in these cases is intracardiac, moreover the act risks to be complicated by the active movements of the other foetus) 2. Major Patient protected by the law (guardianship, curators, or under protection of justice) 3. Patient deprived of freedom by court or administrative order

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
Remifentanil + Lidocaïne

Sufentanil + Lidocaïne


Locations

Country Name City State
France Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve Montpellier
France Nîmes University Hospital Nimes

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University Hospital, Montpellier Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nimes

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary The deadline of obtaining the asystole The deadline of obtaining the asystole after the beginning of the injection of the ULTIVA associated with Xylocaine versus the reference protocol Sufentanil and Xylocaine up to 5 minutes
Secondary The success rate of the procedure of foeticide Fetal asystole after injection of Lidocaïne and persisted for at least 1 minute. Fetal asystole should be confirmed by the birth of a non-living fetus during delivery. within 2 minutes after injection of Lidocaïne and persistent during at least 1 minute
Secondary The number of new punction(s) of the cordon The number of new puncture(s) of the cord, after injection of the necessary lethal agent before persistent fetal heart failure. 1 day
Secondary Number of side effects Number of serious side effects in patients 1 day
Secondary The quality of tissues (the fetopathologic analysis) The presence of abnormal tissue(s) or cell(s) may alter the quality of the fetopathological examination. Macroscopic examination of tissues will be performed blind of the procedure used for feticide, the only anomaly described so far in feticides is the presence of whitish deposits when using KCL. 1 day
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