Actively Recruiting

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FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
NCT04303702

The Role of Oxytocin in the Second Stage of Labor

Led by Washington University School of Medicine · Updated on 2026-01-05

400

Participants Needed

1

Research Sites

273 weeks

Total Duration

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Sponsors

W

Washington University School of Medicine

Lead Sponsor

U

University of Michigan

Collaborating Sponsor

AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

This is a randomized controlled trial investigating the utility of oxytocin administration in the second stage of labor.

CONDITIONS

Official Title

The Role of Oxytocin in the Second Stage of Labor

Who Can Participate

FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Nulliparous pregnant women >/= 37 weeks gestation
  • Singleton pregnancies
  • Admission for induction of labor or spontaneous labor
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Multiple gestations
  • Multiparous patients
  • Patients with major fetal anomalies
  • Not on oxytocin at the time of complete cervical dilation
  • Patients with fetal head visible at the perineum on diagnosis of complete cervical dilation
  • Maternal medical condition that prohibits prolonged second stage

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 1 location

1

Barnes Jewish Hospital

St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110

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Research Team

N

Nandini Raghuraman, MD MSCI

CONTACT

How is the study designed?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Model

PARALLEL

Primary Purpose

TREATMENT

Number of Arms

2

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