Prostaglandins Before Caserean Section

Intrapartum Hemorrhage Clinical Trial

Official title:

Does the Administration of Prostaglandins Before Cesarean Section Reduce the Amount of Blood Loss ?

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03366259
• Other study ID #: 4122017
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• First received: December 4, 2017
• Last updated: December 7, 2017
• Start date: December 2017
• Est. completion date: February 2018

Study information

• Verified date: December 2017
• Source: Kasr El Aini Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of our study is to assess the value of administration of prostaglandins before cesarean section to reduce the amount of blood loss

Description:

160 full term pregnant patients candidate for elective cesarean section were randomly allocated into 2 groups ,80 patients will receive 200mcg of rectal prostaglandins before cesarean section and 80 patients are used as control receiving placebo

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 160
• Est. completion date: February 2018
• Est. primary completion date: February 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 20 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:pregnant patients full term elective cesarean section

Exclusion Criteria:

• medical disorder with pregnancy

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hemorrhage
• Intrapartum Hemorrhage

Intervention

Drug:
• Misoprostol 200Mcg Tab
administration of 200 Mcg of misoprotol rectal

Procedure:
• elective cesarean section
elective cesarean section for full term patients

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Kasr El Ainiy Hospital	Cairo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Kasr El Aini Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	amount of intraoperative blood loss	number of soaked towels	during cesarean section
Primary	postpartum hemorrhage	blood loss after cesarean section	24 hour after cesarean section
Secondary	fetal condition	apgar score	5 minutes after cesarean section