# Use of Ultrasound Guidance to Assist With Labor Epidural Placement in Patients With a BMI ≥40

> **NCT02984267** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Thomas J. Vernon** · enrollment: 18 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Labor Pain

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Ultrasound
- **OTHER:** Palpation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02984267
- **Lead sponsor:** Thomas J. Vernon
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2016-12
- **Primary completion:** 2017-04-15
- **Final completion:** 2017-04-15
- **Target enrollment:** 18 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2018-07-11

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02984267

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02984267, "Use of Ultrasound Guidance to Assist With Labor Epidural Placement in Patients With a BMI ≥40". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02984267. Licensed CC0.

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