Comparative Study Between Nifedipine and Ritodrine as Maintenance Tocolytic Therapy in Preterm Labor
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2017-01-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
A randomized controlled double blinded study included 200 women with preterm contractions.
After successful arrest of contractions women were randomized into 2 equal groups: GI women
received nifedipine 20 mg tablets twice daily and GII women received Ritodrine 5 mg tablets
every 6 hours. The primary outcome was gestational age at delivery and the secondary outcomes
include episodes of recurrent preterm labor, mode of delivery, maternal side effects and
neonatal outcome