Comparison Between Vaginal and Sublingual Misoprostol 50 µg for Cervical Ripening Prior to Induction of Labor

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

To analyze whether there is a statistically significant difference in the modifications present in the uterine cervix 6 hours after administration of misoprostol 50 µg through vaginal versus sublingual routes.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Universidad de la Republica
• Treatments: Misoprostol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All pregnant women admitted at Pereira Rossell Hospital Center

• Gestational ages between 32/0 and 41/6 according to first trimester sonogram

• A viable fetus in cephalic presentation

• Estimated fetal weight lower than 4000 gr

• Without contraindications for vaginal birth

• Whom induction of labor with misoprostol had been previously indicated, from 8 to 20 hours 7 days a week.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Does not meet inclusion criteria.