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Do Peanut Shaped Birthing Balls Reduce the Length of Labor in Patients With Epidural Analgesia?

NCT02539563 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 101

Last updated 2022-03-18

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Summary

Labor patients who meet inclusion and exclusion criteria will be consented to be participate in this study to determine if the use of a peanut shaped birthing ball reduces the length of labor and reduces the incidence of cesarean section. Subjects will be randomized at the time of consent to either use the birthing ball or not use the birthing ball from the time of labor analgesia until complete cervical dilation.

Conditions

  • Labor

Interventions

OTHER

peanut shaped birthing ball

peanut ball will be utilized

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert D'Angelo, MD · WakeForest School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-06-04
Primary Completion
2017-12-26
Completion
2017-12-26

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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