Cervical Ripening in Obese Women: Efficacy of 25 mcg Versus 50 mcg of Misoprostol

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2021-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

This is a prospective clinical trial to determine if 50 mcg versus 25 mcg po every four hours of misoprostol has improved efficacy and similar safety in obese women undergoing cesarean section.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Cincinnati
• Treatments: Misoprostol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Labor induction, BMI of 30 or greater, English speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior cesarean section, uterine tachysystole (5 contractions/ 10 minutes) on admission, Contraindication to labor induction