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Comparison of the Incidence of Inadequate Epidural Analgesia Between Protocol Based and Current Practice

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What is being tested

Current practice

+ Protocol based

Drug
Who is being recruted

Neurologic Manifestations+4

+ Pain

+ Pain, Postoperative

Over 18 Years
+4 Eligibility Criteria
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How is the trial designed

Prevention Study

Interventional
Study Start: January 2019
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Summary

Principal SponsorMahidol University
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Study start date: January 9, 2019

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

A high incidence of inadequate epidural analgesia may result from variety of epidural techniques and epidural drug administrations. The protocol based practice has been developed from acute pain service which founded for more than 10 years. By using protocol based practice, the investigators believed that the incidence of inadequate epidural analgesia will be less compared with the current practice.

Official TitleComparison of the Incidence of Inadequate Epidural Analgesia Between Protocol Based and Current Practice
NCT04111406
Principal SponsorMahidol University
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

29 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Prevention Study

Prevention studies aim to stop a disease from developing. They often involve people at risk and test things like vaccines, lifestyle changes, or preventive medications.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

Over 18 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Neurologic ManifestationsPainPain, PostoperativePathologic ProcessesPostoperative ComplicationsSigns and SymptomsPathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Criteria

1 inclusion criteria required to participate
All patients age ≥ 18 years old undergo surgery with epidural catheter insertion at Siriraj hospital.
3 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Coagulopathy
Allergy to study drugs: local anesthetics and opioids
History of chronic pain

Study Plan

Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.
Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

2 intervention groups are designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Epidural insertion and epidural drug administration depend on anesthetist in charge

Group II

Experimental
Epidural insertion and epidural drug administration depend on anesthetist in research team using protocol based

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.

This study has 1 location

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Siriraj hospital

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