Cervical Recuperation After Vaginal Delivery

Completed

• Conditions: Cervix
• Interventions: Device: Trans-vaginal ultrasound

• Registration Number: NCT03034434
• Lead Sponsor: Rambam Health Care Campus

Brief Summary

Patients after vaginal delivery will undergo 3 trans-vaginal ultrasounds in order to examine the process of cervical recuperation post delivery.

Detailed Description

Patients after vaginal delivery will be recruited after receiving a full explanation and signing an informed consent.

The goal of the study is to examine cervical length after vaginal delivery at 3 different time intervals:

1. 8 hours post delivery.

2. 24 hours post delivery.

3. 48 hours post delivery. At each interval a trans-vaginal ultrasound will be performed, evaluating cervical length. At the end of the 3rd and final ultrasound, the patient will finish her participation in the study/ Information regarding obstetric conditions such as labor induction, gestational age at the time of delivery etc. will be collected from patients' electronic files.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-01-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-01-26
• Study First Posted: 2017-01-27
• Study Start: 2017-03-14
• Primary Completion: 2020-02-29
• Study Completion: 2020-06-30
• Status Verified: 2020-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-07-24
• Last Update Posted: 2020-07-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 1384

Inclusion Criteria

• Any patient after vaginal delivery.

Exclusion Criteria

• Any patient after cesarean section.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Patients after vaginal delivery	Trans-vaginal ultrasound	Patients after vaginal delivery willing to undergo 3 trans-vaginal ultrasounds within the 48 hours after delivery.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Cervical length after vaginal delivery.	Up to 48 hours post delivery.	Measurement of cervical length 8, 24, 48 hours after vaginal delivery by trans-vaginal ultrasound.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Differences in cervical length after vaginal delivery.	Up to 48 hours post delivery.	Differences in cervical length after vaginal delivery as a factor of gestational age at delivery, means of labor induction, parity, etc.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Rambam health care campus; 🇮🇱 Haifa, Israel