Persistent Occiput Posterior Position During Labor Clinical Trial
Official title:
Randomised Clinical Trial: Modified Intrapartum Maternal Sims Position-related Efficiency in the Correction of Persistent Foetal Occipito-posterior Position
Aim: To evaluate the efficiency of the modified Sims position versus maternal free positions
in the rotation of persistent foetal occipito-posterior position intrapartum in pregnant
women with epidural anaesthesia.
Design: An open, randomised, controlled and parallel clinical trial will be conducted at the
Delivery Room of the Area Materno-Infantil, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona,
Spain.
Method: Fifty-six pregnant women with persistent foetal occipito-posterior position will be
selected. Each woman will be assigned to a control or experimental group via an opaque
envelope at a 1:1 ratio.
The control group will deliver in free intrapartum positions, and the experimental group in a
modified Sims position. Correction of foetal position is the key study variable, and delivery
type the secondary variable. Statistical analyses will be made with the SPSS v.20 program.
Aim: To evaluate the efficiency of the modified Sims position versus maternal free positions
in the rotation of persistent foetal occipito-posterior position intrapartum in pregnant
women with epidural anaesthesia.
Background: There is a theoretical basis for the possible effects of maternal positions on
foetal positions. Despite all the studies published in recent years, conclusive trials
providing significant scientific evidence are lacking.
Design: An open, randomised, controlled and parallel clinical trial will be conducted at the
Delivery Room of the Area Materno-Infantil, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona,
Spain.
Method: Fifty-six pregnant women with persistent foetal occipito-posterior position will be
selected. Each woman will be assigned to a control or experimental group via an opaque
envelope at a 1:1 ratio.
The control group will deliver in free intrapartum positions, and the experimental group in a
modified Sims position. Correction of foetal position is the key study variable, and delivery
type the secondary variable. Statistical analyses will be made with the SPSS v.20 program.
Discussion: If the modified maternal Sims position proved to correct persistent foetal
occipito-posterior positions and being a non-invasive, low-cost, non-prejudicial method for
both mother and foetus, maternal and foetal morbidity problem would be reduced
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| Status | Clinical Trial | Phase | |
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| Recruiting |
NCT01991665 -
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