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NCT number NCT00891150
Other study ID # OGY.LB.01
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received April 30, 2009
Last updated March 5, 2013
Start date July 2012
Est. completion date February 2013

Study information

Verified date March 2013
Source American University of Beirut Medical Center
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority Lebanon: Institutional Review Board
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this study is to determine the best dose of a drug called oxytocin, that is usually used to stop bleeding during a delivery, when used during a cesarean delivery. It will be administered during cesarean section in order to decrease the amount blood loss. The investigators are proposing to have 3 groups of subjects each given a different safe dose of oxytocin and then to assess the effectiveness of each regimens on the amount blood lost during cesarean sections.This will let use know which is the best lowest dose needed.


Description:

This trial will be a randomized, blinded controlled trial that will be conducted at the American University of Beirut Medical Center Labor and Delivery Unit.

Identification of candidates:

- All women admitted to the Delivery Suite for elective cesarean delivery or needing cesarean delivery for obstetric reasons will be invited to participate in the study.

- Women will then be approached by the research assistants and/or investigators who will explain the objectives of the study and will ask eligible women to participate in the trial and sign a consent form.

Study subjects will be randomized using a computer-generated random number sequence stratified by elective or emergency cesarean section. At surgery, a sealed opaque envelope containing the randomization number and data sheet will be opened for each consenting patient.

Interventions:

Pre-mixed, oxytocin solutions with either 20U/500ml, 30U/500ml or 40U/500ml of Lactated Ringer's solution will be available in the pharmacy department. The bags will be identical in appearance. Each bag will be labeled with a study identification number, from which the pharmacy could determine the administered dose. Subjects as well as the medical providers will be blinded to the assignment of the solution used.

Immediately after delivery of the infant, the study solution will be infused over 30 minutes using a continuous infusion pump (666 mU/min versus 999 mU/min versus 1332mU/min). The placenta will be delivered spontaneously with gentle cord traction. In the postanesthesia care unit, our practice is to give all patients a mixture of 30 U, 20 U and 10U of oxytocin to run consecutively in 1 L of lactated Ringer's solution at a rate of 125 mL/h (41.7 mU/min), which will be continued for a total of 24 hours.

Determination of the need for additional uterotonic agents will be made by the obstetrician and administered and recorded by the anesthesiologist. At the discretion of the surgical team, additional oxytocin could be added to the study solution (eg, 20 U) before requesting methylergonovine, 0.2 mg IM, or 15-methyl prostaglandin F2a 250 mg IM. Intramuscular methylergonovine maleate, and/or carboprost tromethamine will be available in the operating room and will be administered if needed. Ephedrine will be used to treat hypotension after delivery if the systolic blood pressure is >25 mm Hg below baseline.

We will be comparing the mean difference of preoperative hemoglobin vs. postoperative hemoglobin in each group. It will be referred to as delta Hemoglobin (Δ Hb).

In addition, we will be assessing several parameters including uterine tone, volume of blood lost and laparotomy pads number and weight among other data.

We will be performing multiple comparisons among the 3 groups specifically towards our primary outcome which is change or drop in hemoglobin from predelivery to postdelivery level.

The arm of the study with the lowest dose of pitocin and with the least amount of blood loss would probably be the optimal dose needed during a cesarean section for a patient that satisfies all the inclusion criteria of this trial.

In most institutions worldwide, a protocol is usually applied that states how much pitocin should be added to a 1 liter bag of NS or LR during cesarean section. It often ranges from 10 units to 40 units depending on the surgeons preference and uterine tone. The uterus is exteriorized most of the time during the surgery. The uterine tone does play a role in the choice of which dose id to be used(low versus high dose), however the optimal, most efficient dose with the least amount of side effects is yet to be determined. We are aiming to determine the optimal dose that will prevent the obstetricians from the additional use of other uterotonics (methergine, prostaglandins) that carries of by themselves unwanted side effects.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 200
Est. completion date February 2013
Est. primary completion date February 2013
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Female
Age group 15 Years to 45 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Study subjects will be women delivering via an elective cesarean section at term

- All study subjects will have singleton gestation with no obstetric or medical complication.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Laboring women

- Multifetal gestation

- Prolonged oxytocin use (>12 hours)

- Hypertensive disorders

- Chorioamnionitis

- Suspected macrosomia

- Polyhydramnios

- History of postpartum Hemorrhage

- Clotting disorder

- Intake of magnesium sulfate

- Uterine fibroids

- Placenta previa

- Placental abruption

- Anticoagulation

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Prevention


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
Oxytocin
Pre-mixed, oxytocin solutions with either 20U/500ml, 30U/500ml or 40U/500ml of Lactated Ringer's solution will be available in the pharmacy department. The bags will be identical in appearance. Each bag will be labeled with a study identification number, from which the pharmacy could determine the administered dose. Subjects as well as the medical providers will be blinded to the assignment of the solution used. Immediately after delivery of the infant, the study solution will be infused over 30 minutes using a continuous infusion pump (666 mU/min versus 999 mU/min versus 1332mU/min).

Locations

Country Name City State
Lebanon American University of Beirut Medical Center Beirut

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
American University of Beirut Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Lebanon, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary The change in hemoglobin as a measure of blood loss. The change in hemoglobin is defined as the difference between the predelivery hemoglobin value and the postpartum value 1 year No
Secondary The need for blood transfusion and the use of additional uterotonic agents, pad weight, pad count, estimated blood loss. 1 year No
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