# VerTouch Device: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial

> **NCT04630171** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Northwestern University** · enrollment: 86 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pregnancy
- Pain

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Group #1: VerTouch utilized for identification of site for labor epidural or spinal anesthesia procedure
- **DEVICE:** Group #2: Ultrasound (US) utilized for identification of site for labor epidural or spinal anesthesia procedure
- **OTHER:** Group #3: Control group, palpation utilized for identification of site for labor epidural or spinal anesthesia procedure

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04630171
- **Lead sponsor:** Northwestern University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2021-01-01
- **Primary completion:** 2023-11-28
- **Final completion:** 2023-11-29
- **Target enrollment:** 86 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2025-09-12

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04630171

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04630171, "VerTouch Device: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04630171. Licensed CC0.

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