Nitroglycerin Versus Terbutaline for Intrapartum Fetal Resuscitation

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To compare nitroglycerin and terbutaline for intrapartum fetal heart rate...

Brief Summary

Official Title: “Nitroglycerin Versus Terbutaline for Intrapartum Fetal Resuscitation”

To compare nitroglycerin and terbutaline for intrapartum fetal heart rate resuscitation

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Study Primary Completion Date: July 2006

Intervention(s) in this Clinical Trial

  • Drug: Terbutaline
    • Terbutaline 250 micrograms intravenously for intrapartum fetal resuscitation. Nitroglycerine 400 micrograms intravenously for intrapartum fetal resuscitation.

Arms, Groups and Cohorts in this Clinical Trial

  • Active Comparator: Terbutaline
  • Active Comparator: Nitroglycerine

Outcome Measures for this Clinical Trial

Primary Measures

  • resolution of abnormal fetal heart tracing
    • Time Frame: Administration of study medication to resolution of abnormal fetal heart tracing or operative delivery.
      Safety Issue?: Yes

Secondary Measures

  • cesarean section rate
    • Time Frame: Data analysis
      Safety Issue?: No
  • operative vaginal delivery rate
    • Time Frame: Data analysis
      Safety Issue?: No
  • neonatal outcomes
    • Time Frame: time of delivery to time of discharge
      Safety Issue?: No

Criteria for Participation in this Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria::

  • nonreassuring fetal heart rate tracing
  • Exclusion Criteria:- maternal cardiac disease, placental abruption, intrauterine growth restriction, prior cesarean section

Gender Eligibility for this Clinical Trial: Female

Minimum Age for this Clinical Trial: 18 Years

Maximum Age for this Clinical Trial: N/A

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted for this Clinical Trial?: No

Clinical Trial Investigator Information

Lead Investigator: Stanford University Other

Overall Clinical Trial Officials and Contacts

Yasser Yehia El-Sayed Principal Investigator Stanford University  

Additional Information

Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on February 09, 2012

Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00185887

Study ID Number: 79504

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00185887

Health Authority: United States: Institutional Review Board

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2007 Oct;197(4):414.el-6

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