A Randomized, Control Trial for Preinduction Cervical Ripening

NCT00393731 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 540

Last updated 2008-01-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this study is to compare the vaginal delivery rates in women undergoing induction of labor with an unripe cervix between oxytocin induction alone and preinduction cervical ripening with prostaglandin El (misoprostol). Secondary goals are to measure and compare the time intervals to delivery between the two methods.

Conditions

  • Labor, Induced

Interventions

DRUG

oxytocin

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michael Lucas, MD · The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-01-31
Primary Completion
2007-08-31
Completion
2007-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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