A Comparison of Oral Misoprostol and Vaginal Misoprostol for Cervical Ripening and Induction of Labor

Summary

The purpose of this study is to study if misoprostol administered orally is at least as effective as misoprostol administered vaginally for cervical ripening and the induction of labor. The main purpose is to show that oral misoprostol administration is non-inferior to vaginal misoprostol administration with respect to the time interval from misoprostol administration to onset of active phase of labor. The study is a non-inferiority, prospective randomized controlled trial comparing oral misoprostol given as 25 mcg every 2 hours versus vaginal misoprostol given as 25 mcg every 4 hours.

Timeline

Start

2017-11-01

Primary completion

2019-04-23

Completion

2019-04-23

Publications

• Kerr RS, Kumar N, Williams MJ, Cuthbert A, Aflaifel N, Haas DM, Weeks AD. Low-dose oral misoprostol for induction of labour. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Jun 22;6(6):CD014484. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014484.

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