Nutrition as a Determinant of Labor Outcome
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Labor, Obstetric
- Registration Number
- NCT00367549
- Lead Sponsor
- Oslo University Hospital
- Brief Summary
This is a randomized, double-blind trial looking at how nutrition intake is associated with labor progress and complications.
- Detailed Description
Insufficient intake of energy during labor may result in poor labor progress. The study investigates the effect of an energy supplement during labor.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
- Women at gestational age > 36 weeks, parity 0
Exclusion Criteria
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Gestational age < 36 weeks
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Signs of fetal pathology:
- Different or abnormal (pathological) CTG test performed just before start of the test
- Abnormal Doppler registrations (PI in the arteria umbilicae > 2SD for the gestational age)
- Established notch in the arteria uterinae or notch bilaterally or PI > 2SD > 24 weeks
- Diverging in the weight of the fetus > - 22% or diverging in the growth of the fetus - 10% or more, and established structural pathology in the fetus, oligohydramnion (amniotic fluid index < 6)
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Maternal diseases and pregnancy complications
- diabetes in pregnancy
- high blood pressure
- cardiovascular diseases
- rheumatic disease
- epilepsia
- lung disease, etc.
CTG test: cardiotocographic test (a measure of fetal activity)
PI: pulsatory index (velocity pattern)
SD: standard deviation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The course of the labor by women (parity 0) at gestational age > 36 weeks, including: total labor time At time of birth
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Length of stage 1 (cervical opening < 10 cm) and stage 2 (pushing time) Use of epidural anesthetics Use of contraction-stimulating drugs Instrumental delivery
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Kristin Kardel
🇳🇴Oslo, Norway