Oxytocin or prostaglandins to start labor with an unfavorable cervix
Treatments studied
Part of Women’s health & pregnancy clinical trials.
This study compares two medicines used to help the cervix become ready for labor—oxytocin versus prostaglandins—when the cervix is not yet favorable. It may help your care team choose the most effective and safest way to induce labor after the cervix has not improved for 24 hours.
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Who can take part
- You are pregnant, age 18 or older.
- You are at 37 weeks or more of pregnancy.
- Your baby is in the head-down position, and it is one baby (not twins).
- Your estimated due date comes from a first-trimester ultrasound between 11 and 13 weeks.
- Your pregnancy has already tried cervical ripening for 24 hours, but your cervix is still considered “unfavorable” (Bishop score 6 or less).
- You can sign the study consent form and have French health insurance.
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