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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02805426
Date of registration: 09/03/2016
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Gynuity Health Projects
Public title: Effectiveness of Tranexamic Acid When Used as an Adjunct to Misoprostol for the Treatment of Postpartum Hemorrhage
Scientific title: Double-blind, Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess the Effectiveness of Tranexamic Acid When Used as an Adjunct to Misoprostol for the Treatment of Postpartum Hemorrhage
Date of first enrolment: October 2016
Target sample size: 260
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02805426
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Senegal Vietnam
Contacts
Name:     Dina Abbas, MPH
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Affiliation:  Gynuity Health Projects
Name:     Jill Durocher
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Affiliation:  Gynuity Health Projects
Name:     Ayisha Diop, MPH
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Affiliation:  Gynuity Health Projects
Name:     Nguyen thi Nhu Ngoc, MD, MSc
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Affiliation:  CRCRH
Name:     Beverly Winikoff, MD, MPH
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Affiliation:  Gynuity Health Projects
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Women who delivery vaginally

- Women who experience PPH defined as blood loss =700ml

- Women capable of giving consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Clear contraindication for tranexamic acid such as known allergy or thromboembolic
event during pregnancy

- Women delivering via cesarean section

- Provider feels that the woman, at presentation for delivery, is not in a position to
give appropriate informed consent



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Postpartum Hemorrhage
Intervention(s)
Drug: Misoprostol
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Tranexamic Acid
Primary Outcome(s)
Proportion of women with bleeding controlled with the study regimens alone, without recourse to further treatment in each study arm [Time Frame: 20 minutes after initial study treatment]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Mean/median blood loss [Time Frame: at two hours after treatment]
Proportion of women who experience side effects [Time Frame: 2 hours after delivery]
Proportion of women who received additional drugs [Time Frame: 2 hours after delivery]
Use of uterotonic agents after initial treatment [Time Frame: 2 hours after delivery]
Rate of severe PPH [Time Frame: 2 hours after delivery]
Adverse events [Time Frame: 48 hours after delivery]
Proportion of women with controlled bleeding [Time Frame: At various time intervals after study treatment (20, 40, 60, 120 mins)]
Proportion of women who receive additional intervention [Time Frame: 2 hours after delivery]
Proportion of women who received a serious interventions [Time Frame: 2 hours after delivery]
Proportion of women who find the treatment tolerable [Time Frame: 48 hours after delivery]
Secondary ID(s)
3006
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Center for Research and Consultancy in Reproductive Health
Ethics review
Results
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