Comparing Misoprostol and Oxytocin in Uniject for Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH) Prevention in Senegal

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

This is a large, community-based, cluster-randomized trial to compare routine prophylactic use of 600 mcg oral misoprostol and 10 IU oxytocin delivered by UnijectTM intramuscularly during the third stage of labor

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Gynuity Health Projects
• Collaborator: ChildFund International
• Treatments: Misoprostol; Oxytocin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• women delivering in community health centers (case de sante) with a trained study provider (matrone) who are able to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• women with known contraindications to prostaglandins