Cervical ripening for induction of labour using 30ml versus 60ml Foley's balloon catheter in Ebonyi State, Nigeria: A randomized controlled trial
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Registration Number
- PACTR201911698481916
- Lead Sponsor
- ABUGWU ALFRED ADIELE
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 260
Inclusion Criteria
Term pregnancy (37 - 41+6 weeks’ gestational age)
singleton fetus
vertex presenting fetus
intact fetal membranes
unfavorable cervix
selected for cervical ripening with extra-amniotic Foley’s catheter.
Exclusion Criteria
•Ruptured fetal membranes
•Previous uterine surgery
•Low lying placenta
•Multiple pregnancy
•HIV positive mothers
•Malpresenting fetuses
•Presence of painful, regular uterine contractions
•Patients that opted for use of epidural analgesia in labour
•Parturients presenting with favourable cervix
•Fetal anomaly
•Patients who do not consent to the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method