Continuous Versus Intermittent Oxytocin Infusion for Induction of Labor

Completed 153 enrolled Rambam Health Care Campus

RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

The study will compare 2 treatment modalities. One group will receive the routine protocol of intermittent pitocin induction for 6 hours and the second group will receive continous pitocin infusion for 16 hours. The primary aim is to observe which protocol leads to the fastest delivery and evaluate the time in each group from induction to delivery.

Timeline

Start: 2019-11-01
Primary completion: 2022-06-30
Completion: 2022-06-30

Publications

Bachar G, Abu-Rass H, Farago N, Justman N, Buchnik G, Chen YS, David CB, Goldfarb N, Khatib N, Ginsberg Y, Zipori Y, Weiner Z, Vitner D. Continuous vs intermittent induction of labor with oxytocin in nulliparous patients: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2023 Dec;5(12):101176. doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2023.101176. Epub 2023 Oct 7.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Oxytocin	Peptide	20 unknown	—

Indications

No indication recorded.