NCT06768060

Mindfulness-based Intervention Prior to External Cephalic Version

Preparing Mothers for External Cephalic Version: a Mindfulness-based Intervention for Pregnant Women With a Baby in Breech Presentation

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 148 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Catharina Ziekenhuis Eindhoven · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study is a randomized controlled trial examining the effectiveness of a short mindfulness-based intervention on the success rate of external cephalic version in pregnant women with breech presentation. It is hypothesized that this intervention will increase the ECV success rate and decrease the pain experienced after the ECV.

Conditions

• Breech Presentation in Pregnancy
• External Cephalic Version

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Short mindfulness-based intervention	The intervention includes a short mindfulness-based intervention with a duration of 5 minutes. It involves a sitting mediation focused on breath adapted from the existing protocols of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). The intervention is audio-guided and will be delivered via headphones.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-02-27
• Primary completion: 2028-01-31
• Completion: 2028-01-31
• First posted: 2025-01-10
• Last updated: 2026-03-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Netherlands