A Study on the Effects of Dextrose Solutions on the Course of Labor

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The purpose is to determine in term nulliparas with singletons that present in active labor (3-5 cm) or with ruptured membranes whether the administration of dextrose solutions to normal saline improves or expedites the course of labor. The researchers' hypothesis is that the addition of a carbohydrate substrate will shorten the length of labor and facilitate a vaginal delivery.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: MemorialCare
• Treatments: Pharmaceutical Solutions

Criteria

• Primiparous

• Singleton gestation

• Vertex presentation

• Spontaneous active labor with or without pitocin augmentation

• Gestational age > 36 weeks

• Cervical dilation 3 to 5 cm with or without ruptured membranes

Exclusion Criteria:

• Multiparous

• Pregestational or gestational diabetes mellitus

• Preeclampsia at admission

• Previous cesarean section

• Non-vertex presentation

• Multiple gestation

• Chorioamnionitis at admission

• Intrauterine growth restriction (< 10th percentile)

• Patients admitted for induction