The Effect of Dates and Castor Oil on the Initiation of Spontaneous Labor in Primigravida Parturients

Israel Healthcare Foundation

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Effect of Dates and Castor Oil on Spontaneous Labor

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Castor oil; Dietary Supplement: Dates

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05013151

CMC-21-0064-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

Finding a natural and efficient method to improve the chance of entering spontaneous labor beyond 39 weeks of gestation will address both the medical necessity and the will of many parturients to avoid medical interventions.

In this study we aim to evaluate the effect of dates and castor oil on the initiation of spontaneous labor in primigravida parturients.

Enrollment: 450 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pregnant women who come to the obstetrical emergency department for normal check up between 39+4 and 40+2 weeks of gestation
• Primipara
• Bishop cervical score below 5
• Low risk pregnancy
• Singleton pregnancy
• Vertex presentation
• Women who haven't consumed dates over once a week in month prior the checkup and haven't consumed castor oil prior to enrollment.

Exclusion criteria

• Any medical indication for labor induction
• Regular contractions
• Premature rupture of membranes
• Women who consumed dates over once a week in month prior the checkup or consumed castor oil prior to enrollment.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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450 participants in 3 patient groups

Date consumption

Experimental group

Description:

Consumption of 6 dates a day until 41 weeks of gestation

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Dates

Castor oil consumption

Experimental group

Description:

One time consumption of 60 CC of Castor oil

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Castor oil

Control Group

No Intervention group