SELAN Trial: Structured Early Labour Assessment and care by Nurses

Completed

• Conditions: Pregnancy and labour; Pregnancy and Childbirth

• Registration Number: ISRCTN16315180
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Toronto (Canada)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-09-01
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 5000

Inclusion Criteria

1. Nulliparous, live singleton foetus in cephalic position
2. Mothers aged 18 - 49 years old
3. No contraindications to labour
4. Competent to give informed consent or has a parent/guardian who is competent to give informed consent
5. Experiencing contractions but does not meet criteria for admission to labour and delivery unit

Exclusion Criteria

1. Gestational age less than 34 weeks
2. Planned caesarean delivery
3. Undergoing or admitted for cervical ripening or induction of labour
4. Complications that necessitate admission to antepartum unit or labour and delivery unit
5. Likely to be transferred to labour and delivery with one hour
6. Has a doula or midwife providing continuous support
7. Already enrolled in labour/delivery management study and the study protocols are incompatible

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Spontaneous vaginal delivery, as recorded on the medical record.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Labour and birth without use of intrapartum analgesia/anaesthesia<br>2. Perineal trauma<br>3. Costs<br>4. Women?s evaluation of their care