Sublingual Misoprostol for Induction of Labor

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-11-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare effectiveness and safety of a sublingual misoprostol 12,5 mcg with vaginal misoprostol 25 mcg for induction of labour with an alive and term fetus.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Professor Fernando Figueira Integral Medicine Institute
• Collaborator: Maternidade Escola Assis Chateaubriand
• Treatments: Misoprostol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Indication for labour induction

• Term pregnancy with alive fetus

• Bishop score less than six

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous uterine scar

• Nonvertex presentation

• Non-reassuring fetal status

• Fetal anomalies

• Fetal growth restriction

• Genital bleeding

• Tumors, malformations and/or ulcers of vulva, perineum or vagina