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Last refreshed on: 2 August 2021
Main ID:  NCT02396771
Date of registration: 19/03/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: American University of Beirut Medical Center
Public title: Effect of Uterine Massage Versus Sustained Uterine Compression on Blood Loss After Vaginal Delivery
Scientific title: Effect of Uterine Massage Versus Sustained Uterine Compression on Blood Loss and Maternal Pain After Vaginal Delivery: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Date of first enrolment: January 2015
Target sample size: 445
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02396771
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Prevention. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Lebanon
Contacts
Name:     Labib M Ghulmiyyah, MD
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Affiliation:  AUBMC
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Women giving birth vaginally, aged between 20 and 40 years, with a singleton
pregnancy, gestational age of 36 or more weeks, and with fewer than or equal to three
previous childbirths.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Exclusion criteria include multiple gestation, fetal malpresentation, the third stage
of labor lasting more than 30 minutes, a previous cesarean delivery, chorioamnionitis,
three or more previous induced abortions, preeclampsia, fetal death, polyhydramnios,
hemoglobin of 9 g/L or less before delivery, coagulopathy, on magnesium sulfate
infusion, abruptio placentae and having an abdominal wall too thick to palpate the
fundus of the uterus or to perform uterine massage or compressions after delivery.



Age minimum: 20 Years
Age maximum: 40 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Postpartum Hemorrhage
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Uterine Massage
Procedure: Uterine Compression
Primary Outcome(s)
Incidence of blood loss of 500 mL or more [Time Frame: 2 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Use of balloon or surgical procedures for postpartum hemorrhage [Time Frame: 2 years]
Use of therapeutic uterotonics [Time Frame: 2 years]
Maternal pain [Time Frame: 2 years]
Need for blood transfusion and hospital stay [Time Frame: 2 years]
Change in hemoglobin as a measure of blood loss [Time Frame: 2 years]
Secondary ID(s)
OGY.LG.02
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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