Post Term Pregnancy - Induction of Labor or Monitoring of Pregnancy

St. Olavs Hospital508 enrolled

Overview

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

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

508

Conditions

Perinatal Morbidity

Interventions

induction of laborDRUG

Misoprostol, Dinoprostone, amniotomy, Oxytocin

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALE

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

Department of Obstetrics, St.Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital

Trondheim, Norway

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Neonatal morbidity

Time frame: peri- en postnatal

Secondary Outcomes

Maternal complications

Time frame: peri- and postnatal

Mode of delivery

Time frame: at birth

women's view

Time frame: postpartum

Women's experiences

Time frame: perinatal

Hormone levels

Time frame: perinatal

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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