Clinical trials: Labor, Obstetric
Pregnancy Related, Fever
Assessment of Labour Progress by Intrapartum Ultrasound
Assessment of labor progress via digital exams is considered the standard of care in most delivery rooms. However, this method can be stressful, painful and imprecise and multiple exams increase the risk for chorioamnionitis.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Related, Fever, Chorioamnionitis, Labor Complication
- Trial name
- NCT04651309
- Testing
- Transperineal Ultrasound
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kaplan Medical Center
Preterm Labor, Preterm Birth
The Efficacy of Nifedipine in the Management of Preterm Labor
Preterm labor is one of the problems of obstetrics, and is one of the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. The incidence of preterm birth is around 7 to 9 %.
- Conditions
- Preterm Labor, Preterm Birth, Preterm Labor Without Delivery, Preterm Labor With Preterm Delivery in Third Trimester
- Trial name
- BOG/TH/PTL (NCT04644354)
- Testing
- Nifedipine 10 mg
- Volunteers
- 444 people
- Sponsor
- Ethem Unal, M.D., PhD, Associate Prof of Surgery & Surgic
Preterm Labor
Uterocervical Angle and Preterm Labour
To determine whether a novel ultrasonographic marker, uterocervical angle, correlates with risk of spontaneous preterm birth
- Trial name
- NCT04532086
- Testing
- Uterocervical angle
- Volunteers
- 197 people
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams Maternity Hospital
Epidural, Labor Pain
Improving Labour Induction Analgesia: Epidural Fentanyl Bolus at Epidural Initiation for Induction of Labour
Labour pain can be intensified for labour inductions and women undergoing inductions often have earlier and more frequent requests for analgesia.
- Conditions
- Epidural, Labor Pain, Induction of Labor Affected Fetus / Newborn, Obstetric Anesthesia Problems
- Trial name
- NCT04011098
- Testing
- Epidural Fentanyl Bolus, Standard Epidural Group
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Saskatchewan
Pregnancy, High Risk, Preterm Birth
Prevention of Preterm Birth by Screening of the Consistency Index and Length of the Uterine Cervix in Women With a Single Pregnancy
Preterm birth (PTB) is the major cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality. Worldwide, about 15 million babies are born too soon every year, causing 1.1 million deaths, as well as short- and long-term disability in countless…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, High Risk, Preterm Birth, Cervix; Pregnancy, Obstetric Labor, Premature
- Trial name
- PreBirthCerv (NCT04444206)
- Testing
- Transvaginal ultrasound cervical length screening
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
Obstetric Complication, Ultrasound
The Utility of Customised Growth Charts for Identifying Macrosomia and the Effect of Intervention
Best management of suspected large for gestational age (LGA) fetuses is unclear. In some hospitals women with an LGA fetus by customised growth charts are are offered earlier induction.
- Conditions
- Obstetric Complication, Ultrasound, Induction of Labor Affected Fetus / Newborn, Fetal Growth Complications
- Trial name
- NCT04536753
- Testing
- Induction of labour
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 845 people
- Sponsor
- Newcastle University
Early Labor
Membrane Sweeping in Early Labor and Delivery Outcomes
Membrane sweeping is a routine procedure in obstetrics in term patients. It has been shown to be effective in decreasing post term gestation and in increasing rate of spontaneous vaginal delivery when used in setting of induction…
- Trial name
- NCT03517696
- Testing
- Membrane sweeping
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Obstetric Labor, Premature
Vaginal Indomethacin for Preterm Labor
Indometacin is a cyclooxygenase agent from the NSAID family that has been used to treat preterm contractions since the 70's by preventing the synthesis of prostaglandins.
- Trial name
- TOCOMED (NCT04404686)
- Testing
- Indomethacin, Nifedipine
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hadassah Medical Organization
Labor Pain, Early Labor
Therapeutic Rest to Delay Admission in Early Labor: A Prospective Study on Morphine Sleep
This will be a prospective study on labor characteristics, and obstetric and neonatal outcomes in women who accept and women who decline morphine as a form of pain management in labor.
- Trial name
- NCT03539562
- Testing
- Morphine Sulfate and Promethazine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Obstetric Labour, Premature
Follow up Study to Assess Long Term Safety and Outcomes in Infants and Children Born to Mothers Participating in Retosiban Treatment Studies
The primary objective of this study is to assess the safety and outcomes of infants and children who were exposed to retosiban or comparator in utero in the Phase III spontaneous preterm labor (SPTL) treatment studies, to provide…
- Trial name
- ARIOS (NCT02292784)
- Testing
- Retosiban, Atosiban
- Where
- 26 sites in United States, Belgium and 9 more
- Volunteers
- 98 people
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Obstetric Labor Complications
Role of Intrapartum Ultrasound in Instrumental Delivery
Investigators will perform a multicentric randomized controlled trial comparing the effect of transabdominal and transperineal ultrasound in pregnant women in the second stage of labor, in whom it was decided an operative…
- Trial name
- NCT02899481
- Testing
- Transabdominal and transperineal ultrasound
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 222 people
- Sponsor
- University of Lisbon
Labor Complication, Avulsion
The Association Between Kristeller Maneuver and Pelvic Floor Trauma After Vaginal Delivery
We want to investigate the association between fundal pressure in the second stage and the risk of levator ani muscle (LAM) injury.
- Trial name
- NCT03752879
- Testing
- Fundal Pressure
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bezmialem Vakif University
Preterm Labor, Preterm Birth
The FLIP-1 Study: Vaginal Lactobacillus Supplementation in Women at High Risk of Preterm Birth
Preterm birth (PTB) is the primary cause of infant death worldwide. It has been shown that a vaginal microbiota deplete in Lactobacillus species is a risk factor for preterm labour.
- Conditions
- Preterm Labor, Preterm Birth, Preterm Premature Rupture of Membrane, Cervical Incompetence
- Trial name
- NCT03992534
- Testing
- LACTIN-V
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Obstetric Labor Complications
Transfusion of Whole Blood and Cesarean Delivery: A Retrospective Review
The rate of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) has risen dramatically in the developed world, along with a rise in blood transfusion rates.
- Trial name
- NCT03523780
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Childbirth Experience, Urinary Retention
Analgesia in the Second Stage of Labour
This study investigates efficacy, safety and childbirth experience in women receiving pudendal block during the final stage of delivery. It is an observational study and half of included primarous women recieve a pudendal block.
- Conditions
- Childbirth Experience, Urinary Retention, Satisfaction, Personal, Pain, Obstetric
- Trial name
- ASL (NCT04391075)
- Testing
- Pudendal nerve block
- Volunteers
- 1,007 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oslo University Hospital
Obstetric Labor, Premature
Myomectomy During Cesarean Section Is This Aright Decision
myomectomy was done during cesarean section
- Trial name
- NCT04390659
- Testing
- myomectomy
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Benha University
Labor, Obstetric
Effect of Tafoxiparin to Treat Primary Slow Progress of Labor Including Prolonged Latent Phase and Labor Arrest
The study will be designed as a double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, dose-finding study with one group treated with placebo and three groups treated with tafoxiparin in three different infusion concentration levels…
- Trial name
- NCT03001193
- Testing
- DF 01, Oxytocin
- Where
- 12 sites in Denmark, Finland and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 361 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dilafor AB
Labor Complication, Food Aspiration
Oral Intake During Labor
A randomized clinical trial (RCT) to evaluate the impact of unrestricted low fat, low residue oral intake during labor on maternal and neonatal outcomes as well as maternal satisfaction.
- Conditions
- Labor Complication, Food Aspiration, Complication of Anesthesia, Satisfaction
- Trial name
- NCT03276741
- Testing
- gastric soft/bland diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- David Grant U.S. Air Force Medical Center
Normal Labor, Obstetric Labor Complications
Sonopartogram. The Next Step in the Delivery Room
Objectives: Evaluation of the correlation between the sonographic parameter and clinical findings (e.g. digital examination) in any cephalic (not only occipital anterior) position Examination of the relationship between various…
- Trial name
- SONOLABOR (NCT02326077)
- Testing
- Ultrasound, Acceptability of ultrasound monitoring of labor, Patients' experience regarding intrapartum ultrasound
- Where
- 2 sites in Greece, Romania
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova
Preterm Labor
Transabdominal Cervical Length Predict Preterm Labor During Routine Antenatal Screening
Sonographically, cervical length measurement is widely used in obstetrics. Studies have revealed that early detection of short cervix can be a predictor of predicting preterm labor.
- Trial name
- NCT04313673
- Testing
- second trimester ultrasonography
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karadeniz Technical University