Management of Indwelling Labor Epidural Catheters for Cesarean Delivery

This is a prospective observational study that will survey patients who had an indwelling labor epidural catheter and subsequently underwent cesarean delivery. We hypothesize that patients who had removal of indwelling labor epidural catheters and had a new neuraxial anesthetic technique attempted will have a lower incidence of self-reported pain during cesarean delivery compared to patients who had top up of their indwelling labor epidural catheters.

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Key information

Conditions

Intraoperative Pain Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year–50 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Observational

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

ages 18-50 years
had cesarean delivery at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026
Fluent in the English language (our catastrophizing survey is validated in English language only)
Can provide their own consent
Identifies as Black or African American only, Hispanic, or White or Caucasian only
had administration of local anesthetic through indwelling labor epidural or removal of indwelling labor epidural followed by single injection spinal or combined spinal epidural

Exclusion criteria

less than 18 years old, older than 50 years old
had cesarean delivery at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center before January 1, 2026 or after December 31, 2026
Employee of Baylor Scott & White Health labor and delivery unit
Student of a school that performs clinical rotations at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Temple
Incarcerated at the time of study enrollment
Underwent scheduled cesarean hysterectomy
Underwent cesarean delivery with general anesthesia as either the primary anesthetic technique or had conversion to general anesthesia because of failure of neuraxial anesthesia
Admitted to the intensive care unit immediately following cesarean delivery
Did not have intrathecal morphine or intrathecal fentanyl if receiving spinal anesthesia
Had anesthesia for an attempted external cephalic version within 24 hours of cesarean delivery

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Pain during cesarean delivery

Time frame: Patients will be asked this question once 24-72 hours after their cesarean delivery.

Patients will answer "yes" or "no" to whether they experienced pain during their cesarean delivery.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Michael P Hofkamp, M.D.

CONTACT

[email protected]

254-724-3370

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Baylor Research Institute

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Registry information

Official study title

Management of Indwelling Labor Epidural Catheters and Pain During Cesarean Delivery: a Prospective Single-center Patient-reported Outcome Study

Important dates

Study start: 2026
Primary completion: 2026
Study completion: 2026
First posted: Jan 26, 2026
Registry last updated: Jan 26, 2026

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