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The Role of Oxytocin in the Second Stage of Labor

Washington University School of Medicine · with University of Michigan · NCT04303702

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Any age listed · Women only
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
400
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
July 1, 2022
Record last updated
January 5, 2026

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What the study is about

This is a randomized controlled trial investigating the utility of oxytocin administration in the second stage of labor.

Being studied: Continue Oxytocin; Discontinue Oxytocin

Conditions: Labor Complication

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Nulliparous pregnant women >/= 37 weeks gestation
  • Singleton pregnancies
  • Admission for induction of labor or spontaneous labor

Exclusion Criteria

  • Multiple gestations
  • Multiparous patients
  • Patients with major fetal anomalies
  • Not on oxytocin at the time of complete cervical dilation
  • Patients with fetal head visible at the perineum on diagnosis of complete cervical dilation
  • Maternal medical condition that prohibits prolonged second stage

Recruiting US locations

  • Barnes Jewish Hospital

    St Louis, MO 63110

    Site contact: Nandini Raghuraman, MD MS · 918-691-7389 · raghuramann@wudosis.wustl.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Nandini Raghuraman, MD MSCI · 9186917389 · nraghuraman@wustl.edu
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