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The Twin Birth Study: A Trial Comparing Planned Vaginal Birth to Elective Caesarean Section of Twins

NCT00187369 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2804

Last updated 2020-05-13

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Summary

For twin pregnancies at 32-38 weeks gestation, where twin A is head down, does a policy of planned caesarean section (CS) lower the likelihood of death or serious illness, during the first 28 days after birth, compared to a plan for vaginal birth (VB)?

Conditions

  • Twin Pregnancy

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Method of Delivery

CS or VB

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jon F Barrett · SHSC

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-12-31
Primary Completion
2011-05-31
Completion
2011-10-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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