# Comparison of PIEB vs CEI for Labor Analgesia

> **NCT02949271** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Duke University** · enrollment: 179 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Labor Pain

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Programmed Intermittent Epidural Bolus
- **OTHER:** Continuous Epidural Infusion
- **DRUG:** Ropivacaine
- **DRUG:** Fentanyl

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02949271
- **Lead sponsor:** Duke University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2016-11-08
- **Primary completion:** 2017-11-01
- **Final completion:** 2017-11-01
- **Target enrollment:** 179 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2019-01-11


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02949271

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02949271, "Comparison of PIEB vs CEI for Labor Analgesia". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02949271. Licensed CC0.

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