# Epidural Placement Using Handheld Ultrasound Device vs. Traditional Landmark Palpation

> **NCT04020042** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center** · enrollment: 74 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Labor Pain

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Ultrasound image guidance
- **OTHER:** Landmark palpation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04020042
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2019-08-28
- **Primary completion:** 2021-03-23
- **Final completion:** 2021-03-23
- **Target enrollment:** 74 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Manpower issues
- **Last updated:** 2022-06-01


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04020042

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04020042, "Epidural Placement Using Handheld Ultrasound Device vs. Traditional Landmark Palpation". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04020042. Licensed CC0.

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