Sweeping the Membranes, Cervical Length and Duration of Labor

Huriye Ayse Parlakgumus

Status: Completed

Conditions: Disorder of Amniotic Cavity and/or Membrane

Treatments: Other: No sweeping group; Procedure: sweeping the membranes

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01309308

KA 09/248

Details and patient eligibility

About

Sweeping the membranes in term pregnancy may shorten the cervix and reduce the time to delivery.

Full description

Cervical length will be measured in both groups. The membranes will be swept in pregnancies beyond 38 weeks by digital examination in the study group. The control group will only be examined for Bishop score. Two days later cervical length will be Measured once more.

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 42 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The patients who completed the 38th week of pregnancy, otherwise healthy gravida who have no contraindication to vaginal delivery.

Exclusion criteria

• Women who have chronic disease complicating pregnancy, multiple pregnancies and in whom vaginal delivery is contraindicated.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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150 participants in 2 patient groups

The membranes swept group

Experimental group

Description:

This group will have a sweeping of the membranes after the 38th of gestation at hospital, in order to reduce the latency period until labor. Sweeping of the membranes is done by the insertion of examiners finger between the decidua and fetal membranes and by the circular movement of the finger, the membranes are detached from the decidua.

Treatment:

Procedure: sweeping the membranes

No sweeping group

Sham Comparator group

Description:

This group will not have sweeping of the membranes, will only have vaginal ultrasound

Treatment:

Other: No sweeping group