Labor InductionNCT07756424
Implementation of a Disparities in Labor Outcomes Dashboard
A study testing Disparities in Labor Outcomes Dashboard in people with Labor Induction and Cesarean Birth, run by University of Pennsylvania at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
This proposal will determine if a Disparities in Labor Outcomes dashboard can be used as an implementation strategy to increase compliance to an evidence-based set of interventions for labor induction in a two-site difference-in-differences study design. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Any age, women only
- Conditions the study is for
- Labor Induction, Cesarean Birth
- What is being tested?
- Disparities in Labor Outcomes Dashboard
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 2,300 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Oct 2026to Jul 2027
- Phase
- Interventional
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages Any age
- Women only
- No healthy volunteers
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- full term (greater than or equal to 37 weeks gestation)
- singleton gestations
- intact membranes
- undergoing an induction of labor requiring cervical ripening
Who cannot join
- prior cesarean
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
United States1 site
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107
Rebecca Hamm, 215-662-6400, rebecca.feldmanhamm@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
About this study
This proposal will determine if a Disparities in Labor Outcomes dashboard can be used as an implementation strategy to increase compliance to an evidence-based set of interventions for labor induction in a two-site difference-in-differences study design.
- Conditions
- Labor Induction, Cesarean Birth
- Being tested
- Disparities in Labor Outcomes Dashboard
- Keywords
- labor induction, cesarean birth, maternal morbidity
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Disparities in Labor Outcomes DashboardOther
This Dashboard, a method of audit and feedback, will detail use of evidence-based practices and clinical outcomes on labor and delivery as attributed to individual clinicians on labor and delivery, stratified by race and ethnicity.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Pre period | No intervention | Not described |
| Post period | Other | Not described Receives: Other: Disparities in Labor Outcomes Dashboard |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Fidelity to a labor induction protocol recommendation to perform all cervical exams performed in latent labor were performed less than or equal to 4.5 hours apart
Reported as binary - compliant or noncompliant; Time between cervical exams from first exam at admission for labor induction to reaching 6cm dilation will be calculated. If any time between exams is >=4.5 hours, the outcome will be considered "non-compliant". If all are <4.5 hours, the outcome will be "compliant."
Measured: from first cervical exam after admission for labor induction until the patient's cervical exam reaches 6cm dilation
Secondary outcomes (3)
Cesarean delivery
Reported as binary (yes cesarean or no cesarean); mode of delivery (cesarean or vaginal) will be determined at the time of delivery
Measured: single time point, at the time of delivery
Maternal morbidity
greater than or equal to 1 of the following: endometritis, postpartum hemorrhage, blood transfusion, wound infection, venous thromboembolism, hysterectomy, intensive care unit admission, readmission within 30 days, and death
Measured: from delivery until 30 days postpartum
Time to delivery
Measured: as time from start of induction to delivery in hours
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted10 Aug 2026
- Study startOct 2026 (estimated)
- Primary completionJul 2027 (estimated)
- Study completionJul 2027 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Labor InductionStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of PennsylvaniaThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Sequential
- Model description
- Difference-in-differences, neither site will have the intervention in the PRE period; one of two sites will have the intervention in the POST period
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 2,300 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07756424
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 858750
- Other IDs
- R21HD114902-01A1
- Status last verified
- Aug 2026
- First submitted
- 21 Jul 2026
- Last updated
- 10 Aug 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No