Use of Nitrous Oxide Donor for Labor Induction in Women With PreEclampsia

Summary

A randomized controlled trial (RCT) of nitric-oxide donor (NOD) isosorbide mononitrate (IMN) versus placebo as an adjuvant to misoprostol/ intra-cervical Foley bulb for induction of labor to decrease rate of cesarean deliveries in pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia (≥24/0 weeks' gestation)

Timeline

Start

2017-10-30

Primary completion

2020-07-01

Completion

2020-07-01

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper Cesarean delivery rates were similar in both groups (32.6% vs 25.3%; relative risk, 1.29; 95% confidence interval, 0.81-2.06; P=.39). PMID 33652160 ↗

paper The addition of vaginal isosorbide mononitrate for labor induction in pregnancies complicated by hypertensive disease of pregnancy did not result in fewer cesarean deliveries. PMID 33652160 ↗

Publications

• Background Buhimschi I, Ali M, Jain V, Chwalisz K, Garfield RE. Differential regulation of nitric oxide in the rat uterus and cervix during pregnancy and labour. Hum Reprod. 1996 Aug;11(8):1755-66. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019481.
• Background Ghosh A, Lattey KR, Kelly AJ. Nitric oxide donors for cervical ripening and induction of labour. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Dec 5;12(12):CD006901. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006901.pub3.
• Background Chanrachakul B, Herabutya Y, Punyavachira P. Randomized trial of isosorbide mononitrate versus misoprostol for cervical ripening at term. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2002 Aug;78(2):139-45. doi: 10.1016/s0020-7292(02)00128-5.
• Background El-Khayat W, Alelaiw H, El-kateb A, Elsemary A. Comparing vaginal misoprostol versus Foley catheter plus vaginal isosorbide mononitrate for labor induction. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016;29(3):487-92. doi: 10.3109/14767058.2015.1007036. Epub 2015 Feb 19.
• Background Thomson AJ, Lunan CB, Cameron AD, Cameron IT, Greer IA, Norman JE. Nitric oxide donors induce ripening of the human uterine cervix: a randomised controlled trial. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1997 Sep;104(9):1054-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb12066.x.
• Results Collingham JP, Fuh KC, Caughey AB, Pullen KM, Lyell DJ, El-Sayed YY. Oral misoprostol and vaginal isosorbide mononitrate for labor induction: a randomized controlled trial. Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Jul;116(1):121-126. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181e408f2.
• Gee SE, Ma'ayeh M, Cackovic H, Samuels P, Thung SF, Landon MB, Rood KM. Addition of vaginal isosorbide mononitrate for labor induction in pregnancies complicated by hypertensive diseases of pregnancy: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2021 Jul;3(4):100343. doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2021.100343. Epub 2021 Feb 27.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Isosorbide Mononitrate	Other / unclassified	40 mg	Other

Indications