Post Term Pregnancy - Induction of Labor or Monitoring of Pregnancy

St. Olavs Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Perinatal Morbidity

Treatments: Drug: induction of labor

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00385229

REK 106-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Post term pregnancy is a risk pregnancy. Aim of the study was to investigate whether induction of labor at gestational age 289(41 weeks+2 days) reduces neonatal morbidity compared to expectant management. Secondary aims was to assess the effect on mode of delivery and maternal complications, as well as assess women's views and experiences.

Our 0-hypothesis was that induction of labor at gestational age 41+2 did not result in better outcome of pregnancy, measured as perinatal morbidity.

Following inclusion, women were randomly allocated to induction of labor or to monitoring of pregnancy every third day until delivery

Enrollment: 508 patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Routine ultrasound scan and delivery at St.Olav's Hospital
• Ability to speak Norwegian
• Singleton pregnancy
• Gestational age 289 +/- 2 days
• Cephalic presentation

Exclusion criteria

• prelabor rupture of membranes

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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508 participants in 2 patient groups

Induction

Experimental group

Description:

induction of labor at gestational age 289(41 weeks+2 days)

Treatment:

Drug: induction of labor

expectant management

No Intervention group

Description:

expectant management at gestational age 289(41 weeks+2 days)