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Outpatient Foley For Starting Induction of Labor at TErm

NCT02756689 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 129

Last updated 2019-07-09

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Summary

The investigators are performing a randomized controlled-trial investigating starting cervical ripening in the outpatient setting with a mechanical method, the transcervical Foley catheter. This is a pilot study to establish the efficacy of this method in decreasing time as in inpatient and evaluate patient satisfaction.

Conditions

  • Pregnancy

Interventions

OTHER

Inpatient cervical ripening

Subjects will undergo cervical ripening in the inpatient setting.

OTHER

Outpatient cervical ripening

Subjects will undergo cervical ripening in the outpatient setting. The patients will then be scheduled to return the next morning for induction of labor.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Spencer G Kuper, MD · UAB, Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-03-31
Primary Completion
2017-10-31
Completion
2017-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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