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CompletedNCT03121274

Early Versus Delayed Pushing in the Second Stage of Labor

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
184 (actual)
Sponsor
Cairo University · Academic / Other
Sex
Female
Age
18 Years – 39 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Nulliparous women in spontaneous or induced labour with term singleton pregnancy are randomized into two groups first group (early pushing) in this group patients were allowed to push within one hour after full cervical dilatation whether the vertex was visible or not. Second group (delayed pushing) patients here were asked not to push for maximum of 3 hours or start pushing when the vertex was visible.

Detailed description

Nulliparous women in spontaneous or induced labour with term singleton pregnancy are randomized into two groups first group (early pushing) in this group patients were allowed to push within one hour after full cervical dilatation whether the vertex was visible or not. Second group (delayed pushing) patients here were asked not to push for maximum of 3 hours or start pushing when the vertex was visible. Oxytocin was allowed in both group and fetus was monitored with CTG.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDUREvaginal deliveryvaginal delivery is carried by an expert obstetrician and the need for forceps or ventose is recorded

Timeline

Start date
2017-08-10
Primary completion
2018-08-01
Completion
2018-09-25
First posted
2017-04-20
Last updated
2018-11-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03121274. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.