To compare the effectiveness of trans-cervical foley catheter and intravaginal Misoprostol in making the uterine cervix more favourable for induction of labour
Not Applicable
Suspended
- Conditions
- Effectiveness of trans-cervical foley catheter and intra-vaginal Misoprotol for pre induction cervical ripening
- Registration Number
- SLCTR/2008/002
- Lead Sponsor
- one
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Suspended
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Consented women with singleton gestation in vertex presentation at greater than 28 weeks gestation with Bishop’s score less than 6
Exclusion Criteria
•Rupture of membranes antepartum bleeding •active genital herpes infection •fetal death •placenta praevia •previous induction or pre-induction agent during the pregnancy, and known allergy to misoprostol •Women with history of cesarean deliveries will not be excluded
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time to vaginal delivery or vaginal delivery rates within a specified time Operative delivery rates (caesarean section and instrumental vaginal delivery) •Length of labour/incidence of prolonged labour •Measures of effectiveness (oxytocin augmentation rates •epidural usage •cervix unfavorable/unchanged at 12–24 hours) •Serious maternal morbidity or death •Other adverse outcomes (e.g. uterine hypercontractility •Postpartum haemorrhage •Maternal adverse effects) •Measures of maternal satisfaction •Serious neonatal morbidity or perinatal death •Other adverse perinatal outcomes (meconium-stained liquor •Five-minute apgar score of less than seven •Neonatal intensive care unit admission) []<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method one []<br>