Cervical Ripening: A Comparison Between Intravaginal Misoprostol Tablet and Intracervical Foley's Catheter and Subsequent Induction of Labor, Safety and Efficacy in Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness and safety of Foley's catheter and misoprostol in cervical ripening.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Nwali Matthew Igwe
• Treatments: Alprostadil; Misoprostol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Parturients who gave consent

• has low bishop score (≤5)

• term singleton cephalic presenting fetus

• intact membranes

• no contraindication to vaginal delivery

Exclusion Criteria:

• those who refused consent

• preterm delivery

• vaginal infection

• non-cephalic presentation

• multiple gestation

• low lying placenta/previa,

• vaginal bleeding,

• previous cesarean section

• rupture of membranes