The Effect of Coadministration of Oral Propranolol to Oxytocin on Induction of Labor

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2016-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The effect of coadministration of oral propranolol to oxytocin on induction of labor.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Ain Shams Maternity Hospital
• Treatments: Oxytocin; Propranolol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Gestational age above 37 weeks.

2. Fetal life positive on ultrasound.

3. Bishop score > 5.

4. Primiparous women.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. history of uterine surgery

2. polyhydramnios

3. contraindications to β-adrenergic agents, such as systolic blood pressure less than 100 mmHg or pulse rate less than 60/min and more than 120/min

4. history of any known cardiac disease

5. mother's pulmonary or metabolic disorders

6. fetal distress

7. estimated weight of the fetus more than 4 kg by ultrasound of cephalic presentation