Outpatient Induction of Labour Using Intracervical Foley Catheter

Summary

Prospective quasi-experimental study between a study population who will receive outpatient induction of labour using intracervical Foley catheter, followed by the inpatient induction using intravaginal prostaglandin and a control group of women with similar characteristics undergoing inpatient labour induction with intravaginal prostaglandin (standard management)

Timeline

Start

2023-01-01

Primary completion

2024-09-01

Completion

2024-09-01

Publications

• Background Sharp AN, Stock SJ, Alfirevic Z. Outpatient induction of labour in the UK: a survey of practice. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2016 Sep;204:21-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2016.06.023. Epub 2016 Jul 30.
• Results Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Evidence-based Clinical Guideline No. 9. Induction of labour
• Results ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 107: Induction of labor. Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Aug;114(2 Pt 1):386-397. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181b48ef5. No abstract available.
• Results Leduc D, Biringer A, Lee L, Dy J; CLINICAL PRACTICE OBSTETRICS COMMITTEE; SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS. Induction of labour. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2013 Sep;35(9):840-857. doi: 10.1016/S1701-2163(15)30842-2. English, French.
• Results Dowswell T, Kelly AJ, Livio S, Norman JE, Alfirevic Z. Different methods for the induction of labour in outpatient settings. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 Aug 4;(8):CD007701. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007701.pub2.
• Results Vogel JP, Osoti AO, Kelly AJ, Livio S, Norman JE, Alfirevic Z. Pharmacological and mechanical interventions for labour induction in outpatient settings. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Sep 13;9(9):CD007701. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007701.pub3.
• Results Dong S, Khan M, Hashimi F, Chamy C, D'Souza R. Inpatient versus outpatient induction of labour: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2020 Jun 30;20(1):382. doi: 10.1186/s12884-020-03060-1.
• Results Croll DMR, Hoge PC, Verhoeven CJM, de Boer MA, Bloemenkamp KWM, de Heus R. Changes in local protocols on inpatient cervical priming and introduction of outpatient priming: A nationwide survey in the Netherlands. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2021 Aug;263:148-152. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2021.06.004. Epub 2021 Jun 10.
• Results Amorosa JM, Stone JL. Outpatient cervical ripening. Semin Perinatol. 2015 Oct;39(6):488-94. doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2015.07.014. Epub 2015 Sep 11.
• Results Kruit H, Heikinheimo O, Ulander VM, Aitokallio-Tallberg A, Nupponen I, Paavonen J, Rahkonen L. Foley catheter induction of labor as an outpatient procedure. J Perinatol. 2016 Aug;36(8):618-22. doi: 10.1038/jp.2016.62. Epub 2016 Apr 14.
• Results Sciscione AC, Muench M, Pollock M, Jenkins TM, Tildon-Burton J, Colmorgen GH. Transcervical Foley catheter for preinduction cervical ripening in an outpatient versus inpatient setting. Obstet Gynecol. 2001 Nov;98(5 Pt 1):751-6. doi: 10.1016/s0029-7844(01)01579-4.
• Results Diederen M, Gommers J, Wilkinson C, Turnbull D, Mol B. Safety of the balloon catheter for cervical ripening in outpatient care: complications during the period from insertion to expulsion of a balloon catheter in the process of labour induction: a systematic review. BJOG. 2018 Aug;125(9):1086-1095. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.15047. Epub 2018 Jan 10.
• Results Stephenson E, Borakati A, Simpson I, Eedarapalli P. Foley catheter for induction of labour: a UK observational study. J Obstet Gynaecol. 2020 Nov;40(8):1064-1068. doi: 10.1080/01443615.2019.1676213. Epub 2019 Dec 3.
• Results Turnbull D, Adelson P, Oster C, Bryce R, Fereday J, Wilkinson C. Psychosocial outcomes of a randomized controlled trial of outpatient cervical priming for induction of labor. Birth. 2013 Jun;40(2):75-80. doi: 10.1111/birt.12035. Epub 2013 Mar 25.

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