Failure of Vaginal Delivery After Induction

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The study will compare the number of women who deliver vaginally after artificial initiation of labor pains(i.e. induction of labor) by two methods. Half of the women would receive tablet misoprostol vaginally and the other half would receive tablet misoprostol and foley's balloon catheter both.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Karachi Medical and Dental College
• Treatments: Misoprostol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Gestational age > 37 weeks assessed by Last Menstrual Period and dating scan.

• Women with singleton pregnancy assessed by ultrasound.

• Fetus in vertex presentation assessed by ultrasound.

• Age 20-40 years.

• Bishop score <4.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non-consenting.

• Gestational age < 37 weeks.

• Patients with history of placenta previa.

• Patients with history of placental abruption.

• Ruptured membranes.

• Patients with history of vaginal infection.

• Patients with history of congenital anomalies in previous deliveries.

• Patients with history of stroke, renal impairment and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic liver disease and congestive cardiac failure