Oxytocin Rest to Reduce Cesarean Delivery
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Prolonged Labor
Failed Induction
Labor Dystocia
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 – 55
- Sex
- Female
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 350 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Christiana Care Health Services · Other
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About This Trial
Prolonged labor is usually managed with continuous oxytocin infusion. "Oxytocin rest" has been proposed as a strategy to resolve protracted labor in patients who have received continuous oxytocin without progress. This strategy involves discontinuing oxytocin then restarting infusion after a period of time, under the theory that washout of the oxytocin receptor will strengthen uterine contractions…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* ≥18 years of age
* Singleton gestation in vertex presentation
* ≥36 weeks gestation
* Prolonged latent labor, defined as cervical dilation \<6cm after ≥8 hours since rupture of membranes and on continuous oxytocin
Exclusion Criteria:
* Not meeting the above criteria
* Any co…
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