TerminatedNot Applicable

Role of Intrapartum Ultrasound in Instrumental Delivery

Stopped: Data Safety Monitoring Committee recommended stopping the trial due to futility.

Portugal222 participantsStarted 2016-09

Plain-language summary

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 delivery. Our objective is to evaluate the impact of intrapartal ultrasound measurements, as an auxiliary to clinical evaluation, in the efficacy of an instrumental delivery.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * pregnant women at term, in labor (≥ 37 weeks of gestation dated by a first trimester ultrasound * live singleton pregnancy * fetus in a cephalic presentation * in the second stage of labor, after the decision to perform an instrumental delivery Exclusion Criteria: * fetal malformations * emergency situation

What they're measuring

Maternal and neonatal morbidity

Timeframe: 2 years

Neonatal morbidity

Timeframe: 2 years

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02899481

SponsorUniversity of Lisbon

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2019-03

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