Safety/Efficacy Study Comparing the Misoprostol Vaginal Insert to Cervidil for Cervical Ripening and Induction of Labor

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the misoprostol vaginal insert (50 mcg and 100 mcg) can safely and effectively speed time to vaginal delivery compared to Cervidil (R) in women who need to have cervical ripneing and induction of labor.

Timeline

Start

2006-04

Primary completion

2007-08

Completion

2007-08

Publications

• Background Castaneda CS, Izquierdo Puente JC, Leon Ochoa RA, Plasse TF, Powers BL, Rayburn WF. Misoprostol dose selection in a controlled-release vaginal insert for induction of labor in nulliparous women. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2005 Sep;193(3 Pt 2):1071-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.06.072.
• Background Rayburn WF, Powers BL, Plasse TF, Carr D, Di Spirito M. Pharmacokinetics of a controlled-release misoprostol vaginal insert at term. J Soc Gynecol Investig. 2006 Feb;13(2):112-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jsgi.2005.10.004.
• Background Ewert K, Powers B, Robertson S, Alfirevic Z. Controlled-release misoprostol vaginal insert in parous women for labor induction: a randomized controlled trial. Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Nov;108(5):1130-7. doi: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000239100.16166.5a.
• Results Wing DA; Misoprostol Vaginal Insert Consortium. Misoprostol vaginal insert compared with dinoprostone vaginal insert: a randomized controlled trial. Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Oct;112(4):801-12. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318187042e.
• Results Pevzner L, Rayburn WF, Rumney P, Wing DA. Factors predicting successful labor induction with dinoprostone and misoprostol vaginal inserts. Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Aug;114(2 Pt 1):261-267. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181ad9377.
• Hawkins JS, Stephenson M, Powers B, Wing DA. Diabetes mellitus: an independent predictor of duration of prostaglandin labor induction. J Perinatol. 2017 May;37(5):488-491. doi: 10.1038/jp.2016.270. Epub 2017 Jan 26.
• Brennan MC, Pevzner L, Wing DA, Powers BL, Rayburn WF. Retention of dinoprostone vaginal insert beyond 12 hours for induction of labor. Am J Perinatol. 2011 Jun;28(6):479-84. doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1271208. Epub 2011 Jan 11.

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