A randomised open-label trial to assess outpatient induction of labour (HOMEIND) and compare efficacy of Propess vs Dilapan-S® for induction of labour at 39 weeks' gestation in normal risk nulliparous women : study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

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BACKGROUND: Induction of labour (IOL) at 39 weeks has been shown to decrease maternal and neonatal adverse outcomes. Given the growing demand for 39-week IOL, it is imperative that effective methods be assessed for induction in the outpatient setting. The aim of this study is to answer the clinical question as to whether Dilapan-S® vs Propess® as a method of cervical ripening is non-inferior in the outpatient setting at 39 weeks and to ascertain whether Dilapan-S® 12 h is non-inferior to Dilapan-S® 24 h.

METHODS: This study is an open-label parallel group single-centre randomised trial. Participants are normal risk nulliparous women who have no pregnancy-related or medical contraindication to IOL. Women will be randomised to one of three induction groups-Dilapan-S® (12-h insertion or 24-h insertion) or Propess. Induction will be initiated between 39+0 and 39+4 weeks' gestation and participants will return home for either 12 or 24 h. They will be readmitted 12/24 h later in order to continue with induction of labour. Patient recruitment will take place over 30 months within a single centre. The study will recruit a maximum 109 women for each study arm. Total duration of participants' involvement in the trial will be 8 weeks to allow for postpartum follow-up.

DISCUSSION: This study will definitively answer whether Dilapan-S is non-inferior to Propess® as a method of induction of labour in the outpatient setting and whether cervical ripening with Dilapan-S over a 12-h timeframe is non-inferior to cervical ripening with Dilapan-S over a 24-h timeframe.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: EudraCT Number 2019-004697-25 Registered 14 September 2020.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Trials - 24(2023), 1 vom: 23. Feb., Seite 135

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nicholson, Sarah M [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Orla [VerfasserIn]
Hatt, Susan [VerfasserIn]
Molphy, Zara [VerfasserIn]
Dicker, Patrick [VerfasserIn]
Flood, Karen [VerfasserIn]
Malone, Fergal [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

123535-69-3
Cervical priming
Cervical ripening
Clinical Trial Protocol
Dilapan
Dilapan-S
Elective induction of labour
Induction
Induction of labour
Journal Article
Osmotic dilator
Outpatient induction
Oxytocics
Polymers
Propess

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 24.02.2023

Date Revised 25.02.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s13063-023-07174-7

funding:

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353205982