Uterocervical Angle in the Termination of Second Trimester Pregnancy

Completed

• Conditions: Abortion, Second Trimester
• Interventions: Other: uterocervical angle

• Registration Number: NCT03220607
• Lead Sponsor: Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital

Brief Summary

To evaluate the performance of uterocervical angle (UCA) in the prediction of second trimester terminations.

Detailed Description

Medical termination of pregnancy is a common procedure in obstetrics. In recent years, uterocervical angle (UCA) emerged as a new ultrasound parameter in the prediction of labor. Dziadosz et al concluded that the performance of UCA was even better than the cervical length in their cohort. A wide UCA during second trimester shown to have an increased risk of preterm labor and narrow angle was less likely to have labor.

The investigators are aimed to investigate predictive role of both cervical length and UCA in the termination of second trimester pregnancy.The investigators focused on nulliparous women who are taking misoprostol for the cervical preparation and aim to measure their UCA.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-10-15
• Study First Submitted: 2017-07-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-07-14
• Study First Posted: 2017-07-18
• Primary Completion: 2017-08-30
• Status Verified: 2017-09
• Study Completion: 2017-09-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-09-02
• Last Update Posted: 2017-09-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

• Nulliparous singleton pregnancy
• no previous systemic illnesses

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Exclusion Criteria

• abnormal Pap smear
• previous cesarean section
• history of dilatation and curettage (D&C)
• history of LEEP and cervical conization

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Medical induced abortion	uterocervical angle	120 singleton nulliparous patients are planning to complete the study period. Study group constitute of second trimester pregnancies between 14-24 weeks of gestation. All participants were nulliparous and had no systemic illnesses. The uterocervical angle will be measured in all participants before the induction of labor.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
uterocervical angle	once at the beginning of enrollment	the angle between the lower segment of uterus and cervix

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kanuni SSTRH; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey