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COMPLETEDPhase 4NCT01481740

Preventing Hypotension in Parturients With an Elevated Body Mass Index (BMI)

Previous research regarding the use of phenylephrine has excluded obese subjects (BMI \>35). This subgroup of patients represents a large portion of the obstetric patient population locally and nation...

Lead sponsor: IWK Health Centre•1 U.S. locations•View source on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Sponsors

Lead Sponsor

IWK Health Centre

Collaborators

Duke University

Age

18 - No limit years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

No

Inclusion Criteria

•English speaking
•ASA Physical Status I-II
•Non-laboring women
•Single gestations ≥ 36 weeks
•Obese women (Body Mass Index 35 - 55 kg/m2)
•Non-emergent CD under spinal anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria

•Height \< 5'0"
•Antiemetic drug use in the 24 hours prior to CD
•Allergy to phenylephrine, or any other standardized medication
•Hypertensive disease of pregnancy (i.e. mild \& severe preeclampsia)
•Chronic hypertension receiving antihypertensive treatment
•Severe Cardiac disease in pregnancy with marked functional limitations
•Patients on Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors or Tricyclic Antidepressants
•Subject enrollment in another study involving a study medication within 30 days of CD
•Any other physical or psychiatric condition which may impair their ability to cooperate with study data collection

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Data from ClinicalTrials.govLast updated on ClinicalTrials.gov: April 23, 2018Terms

Trial snapshot

StatusCOMPLETED

PhasePHASE4

Enrollment178

Start dateNov 2010

Last updatedApr 23, 2018

Condition

Locations shown

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina

IWK Health Centre

Halifax, Nova Scotia

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Data Source & Attribution

This clinical trial information is sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

ClinicalTrials.gov last update: April 23, 2018Data synced to Clareo: May 10, 2026

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