Uterocervical Angle in the Pregnancy Termination of Multiparous Women

Completed

• Conditions: Medical; Abortion, Fetus; Second Trimester Abortion
• Interventions: Other: uterocervical angle

• Registration Number: NCT03400358
• Lead Sponsor: Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital

Brief Summary

To evaluate the uterocervical angle (UCA) in the prediction of second trimester termination success of multiparous women.

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 multiparous women who are taking Foley baloon for the cervical preparation and aim to measure their UCA.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-10-01
• Study First Submitted: 2018-01-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-01-12
• Study First Posted: 2018-01-17
• Primary Completion: 2018-01-31
• Study Completion: 2018-02-01
• Status Verified: 2018-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-03-03
• Last Update Posted: 2018-03-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 148

Inclusion Criteria

• multiparous singleton pregnancy
• no previous systemic illnesses

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Exclusion Criteria

• abnormal Pap smear
• 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 abortion	uterocervical angle	150 singleton multiparous patients are planning to complete the study period. Study group constitute of second trimester pregnancies between 14-24 weeks of gestation. All participants were multiparous 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	1 week	the angle between the cervical canal and anterior uterine wall

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kanuni SSTRH; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey