Labor Scale Versus WHO Partograph in the Management of Labor

NCT02486822 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2016-05-11

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Summary

This study aims to compare the novel labour scale with the traditional WHO partograph in the management of spontaneous labour in primigravida in terms of maternal and neonatal outcomes

Conditions

  • Dystocia

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Amniotomy

Amniotomy, artificial rupture of membranes, is done with initial delay of labor (in partograph: extension beyond alert line, in labor scale: when progress reaches the membrane line)

DRUG

Oxytocin

Oxytocin augmentation: given with further delay of labour (according to the point of intervention of the partograph or the scale)

PROCEDURE

Cesarean Section

Cesarean section: done when progress is deemed arrested (according to the definition of the partograph or the scale)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assiut University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sherif AM Shazly, MBBCh,MSc · Assistant lecturer

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-07-31
Primary Completion
2016-06-30
Completion
2016-06-30

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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