Cervical Gland Area as a Predictor of Success of Labour Induction

Rambam Health Care Campus

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Induced Vaginal Delivery

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Ultrasound examination

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04416022

0711-19-RMB

Details and patient eligibility

About

Women who fulfil the inclusion criteria and who are planned for labour induction will be recruited. Bishop score, cervical length, and the presence of cervical glandular area (CGA) will be documented for every patient up to 12 hours prior to the induction process, and patient information and maternal and neonatal outcome will be documented following the delivery.

Full description

Patient consent to participate in the study will be retrieved following the medical decision of labor induction and the mode of induction and following the patient consent to the induction.

Bishop score, cervical length, and the presence of cervical glandular area (CGA) will be documented for every patient up to 12 hours prior to the induction process.

The method of induction, data regarding patient demographics, the progress of labor, and the maternal and neonatal outcome will be documented following the delivery.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Singleton and twins' pregnancies
• Pregnancy 34-41 weeks of gestation
• Vertex presentation
• Induction methods (Oxytocin, prostaglandin 1 (PGE1), prostaglandin 2 (PGE2), double balloon catheter, rupture of memebrane (ROM)

Exclusion criteria

• Intrauterine fetal demise (IUFD)
• Contraindication to vaginal delivery
• Status post cervical cerclage
• Previous attempt of labor induction
• History of cervical surgery
• Active vaginal bleeding