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BUSCLAB - Buscopan to Prevent Slow Progress in Labor

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Labor; Prolonged, First Stage
Labor (Obstetrics)--Complications
Interventions
Drug: Sodium Chloride 9mg/mL
Registration Number
NCT03961165
Lead Sponsor
Oslo University Hospital
Brief Summary

To study the effect of Butylscopolamine Bromide on duration of the active phase of first stage of labor in first time mothers who cross the alert-line for labor dystocia, according to the WHO partograph.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
250
Inclusion Criteria
  • ≥18 years
  • Primiparous women
  • Spontaneous onset of labor
  • Active phase of labor
  • ≥37 weeks of gestation
  • Vertex position
  • Crossing the alert line, i.e. cervical dilatation of less than one cm per hour in the active phase of first stage of labour (cervix dilation ≥3 - <10 cm)
  • Signed informed consent and expected cooperation of the patients for the treatment and follow up must be obtained and documented according to ICH GCP and national and local regulations
Exclusion Criteria
  • Multiple gestation
  • Elective cesarean section
  • Women in labor already receiving oxytocin when crossing the alert line
  • Fully dilated cervix when crossing the alert line
  • Preeclampsia defined as blood pressure ≥140/90 and proteinuria (1 or more on a urine dipstick on more than one occasion) with debut after 20 weeks of pregnancy
  • Known intestinal stenosis, ileus or megacolon
  • Persisting maternal tachycardia (heart rate >130 beats per minute)
  • Known maternal myasthenia gravis
  • Persisting fetal tachycardia (fetal heart rate baseline >170 beats per minute)
  • Hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients in IMP or placebo (butylscopolamine bromide or sodium chloride)
  • Women with heart disease who are under surveillance with heart rate monitoring during labor
  • Known fetal heart disease
  • Untreated glaucoma

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Treatment armButylscopolamine Bromide 20 MG/ML1mL 20 mg/mL butylscopolamine bromide i.v.
PlaceboSodium Chloride 9mg/mL1mL 9mg/mL NaCl
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Duration of labor from the time when the participant was given IMP to deliveryUp to 24 hours

Time to event variable

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Duration from when the participant was given IMP, to 10 cm dilatationUp to 24 hours

Time to event variable

Mean cervical dilatation rate, calculated as mean cervical dilatation from IMP is given to 10 cmUp to 24 hours

Continuous variable

Duration of labor from the onset of active labor (at least 3 cm dilatation) to deliveryUp to 24 hours

Time to event variable

Spontaneous vaginal delivery vs operative delivery (vacuum, forceps or cesarean delivery)At birth

Categorical variable, fraction of all deliveries

Vaginal delivery vs cesarean deliveryAt birth

Categorical variable, fraction of all deliveries

Spontaneous vaginal delivery, vacuum delivery, forceps delivery, or emergency cesarean deliveryAt birth

Categorical variable, fraction of all deliveries

Amount of oxytocin given, measured 1. As total time with treatmentUp to 24 hours

Continuous variable, minutes

Amount of oxytocin given, measured 2. As International Units (IU)At birth

Continuous variable

Pain scores using a Visual Analogue Scale at baseline and 30 minutes after administration of IMPup to 30 minutes

Continuous variable, scale 1 to 9, where 9 is most severe pain

Postpartum hemorrhage (mL)2 hours after birth

Continuous variable

Urinary retention, defined as need for urinary catheter before the participants leave the delivery ward24 hours after birth

Categorical variable, fraction of women with urinary retention

Anal sphincter injuryAt birth

Categorical variable, fraction of all deliveries and fraction of all vaginal deliveries

Apgar score at 5 minutes and 10 minutes after delivery5 and 10 minutes after birth

Ordinal variable, score 0 to 10 where 10 is highest score indicating most vital neonate

pH levels in umbilical vein and artery after deliveryAt birth

Continuous variable

Admission to the Neonatal Intensive Care UnitWithin 2 hours after birth

Categorical variable, fraction of deliveries

Birth experience measured by the validated questionnaire Child Birth Experience Questionnaire4 weeks after birth

Continuous variable for each category

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet

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Oslo, Norway

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