NCT06580782

Calcium Carbonate to Augment Labor Contractions

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The investigators think that calcium carbonate can act as an assistive medication to improve contractions during labor.

Detailed description

This study plans to study the acceptance and safety of using calcium carbonate as an medicine to help the labor induction process. The study aims to find if the use of calcium carbonate will lead to better labor contractions and increase the percentage of vaginal deliveries and improve delivery outcomes.

Conditions

• Labor Dystocia
• Labor Induction
• Labor Augmentation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Calcium Carbonate 500 MG	Calcium Carbonate 500mg, orally, every 4 hours.
DRUG	Standard Dose Synthetic Pitocin	The participant will receive thestandard-dose synthetic oxytocin for labor induction or augmentation.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-11-18
• Primary completion: 2025-12-01
• Completion: 2025-12-01
• First posted: 2024-08-30
• Last updated: 2025-10-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated drug study