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Bitter Chocolate or Orange Juice for Non-reactive Non-stress Test (NST) Patterns

NCT01680484 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 180

Last updated 2012-09-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

There are multiple factors affecting the variability and acceleration pattern of fetal heart rate (FHR) pattern. However, fetal activity is considered as the main determinant. Any factor decreasing fetal activity causes a decrease in FHR variability. Fetal activity may be stimulated by manual manipulation, sound, light, change in maternal position and maternal ingestion of glucose. Among those, ingestion of any kind of food or juice is most frequently practiced in outpatient settings. This is not only medical but also a social routine. In this study the investigators have chosen the two most popular so-called 'fetal accelerators', chocolate and orange juice against no intervention and tried to find any usefulness of these on non-reactive NST patterns.

Conditions

  • Nonreassuring Fetal Status

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Bitter chocolate

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Orange juice

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dr. Sami Ulus Children's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sertac Esin, MD · Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity and Children's Training and Research Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-02-28
Primary Completion
2011-12-31
Completion
2012-01-31

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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