NCT04585256

Trendelenburg Positioning and External Cephalic Version Outcome

The Effect of Trendelenburg Positioning on External Cephalic Version Outcome

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 180 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Rambam Health Care Campus · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Women at term (over 37 weeks) that are candidates for external cephalic version will be positioned in the trendelenburg position 5 minutes prior to external cephalic version performance and during the procedure. The control group will not be positioned differently than usual. We will evaluate external cephalic version success and compare the 2 groups.

Detailed description

This is a randomized controlled trial that is designed to compare external cephalic version success between women positioned in the trendelenburg position 5 minutes prior to external cephalic version performance and during the procedure and a control group of women that will lie on their back without special positioning. The women that are eligible for participation will receive a thorough explanation and will sign informed consent.

Conditions

• Breech Presentation of Fetus With Successful Version

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Trendelenburg positioning	Women positioned in the trendelenburg position prior to external cephalic version

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-11-01
• Primary completion: 2023-09-30
• Completion: 2023-12-31
• First posted: 2020-10-14
• Last updated: 2023-01-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel