- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03342508
Fetal Pillow Randomized Controlled Trial
Outcomes Following Cesarean Delivery for Failure to Progress With Use of a Fetal Pillow
Study Overview
Detailed Description
Women will be enrolled from the labor floor during their labor course when there is concern for cesarean section for failure to progress in the second stage of labor. These women may be approached if they have a prolonged labor course (before they reach full dilation), when they get to full dilation and start pushing, or following an unsuccessful operative delivery. All women who meet the inclusion criteria will be approached about participation in the study on labor and delivery. The process of informed consent will happen at that time on labor and delivery. All women will be enrolled by study staff or certain physicians at Brigham and Women's Hospital who have agreed to help consent patients for this study.
Once consent is obtained, the subjects will then be randomized 1:1 into two parallel groups, the Fetal Pillow Inflated (FPI) group and the Fetal Pillow Not Inflated (FPNI) group. A random number generator will allocate the groups in blocks of ten.
The Fetal Pillows used in the study have been donated by Safe Obstetrics Systems.
Each patient will have a Fetal Pillow inserted vaginally by the obstetrician after catheterization of the bladder (if it has not been previously performed). Once the Fetal Pillow is in place, the woman's legs will be placed flat on the operating table. The anesthesiologist will then inflate the Fetal Pillow if the patient has been randomized into the Fetal Pillow Inflated (FPI) group. In the Fetal Pillow Not Inflated (FPNI) group, the device will remain, not inflated, in the vagina. The obstetrician will therefore be blinded to the intervention. In the FPNI group the obstetrician will continue to be able to use conventional methods for delivery of a second stage arrest including hand from below and reverse breech extraction. The Fetal Pillow will be drained by the circulating nurse in the operating room following delivery with removal at the end of the procedure by the obstetrician.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Massachusetts
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- women age 18-50
- term pregnancy (37- 41 6/7 weeks)
- singleton gestation in cephalic presentation
- fully dilated
- both nulliparous and multiparous women
- both spontaneous labor and labor inductions
Exclusion Criteria:
- breech presentation
- presence of contraindication to vaginal delivery
- prior cesarean section
- presence of congenital anomalies
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Prevention
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Triple
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Fetal Pillow Inflated (FPI)
A Fetal Pillow will be inserted vaginally by the obstetrician after catheterization of the bladder (if it has not been previously performed). Once the Fetal Pillow is in place, the woman's legs will be placed flat on the operating table. The anesthesiologist will then inflate the Fetal Pillow. The obstetrician will not be aware to inflation of Fetal Pillow Cesarean delivery will then be performed The circulating nurse will deflate the Fetal Pillow following delivery. The obstetrician will remove the Fetal Pillow at the end of the procedure. The obstetrician will then fill out a survey regarding the delivery. |
see arm description
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No Intervention: Fetal Pillow Not Inflated (FPNI)
A Fetal Pillow will be inserted vaginally by the obstetrician after catheterization of the bladder (if it has not been previously performed). Once the Fetal Pillow is in place, the woman's legs will be placed flat on the operating table. The Fetal Pillow will not be inflated. Cesarean delivery will then be performed. The obstetrician will continue to be able to use conventional methods for delivery of a second stage arrest including hand from below and reverse breech extraction. The circulating nurse will deflate the Fetal Pillow following delivery. The obstetrician will remove the Fetal Pillow at the end of the procedure. The obstetrician will then fill out a survey regarding the delivery. |
What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Uterine incision to delivery time
Time Frame: Assessed at time of delivery, delivery day (day 0)
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Time (in seconds) from hysterotomy to delivery
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Assessed at time of delivery, delivery day (day 0)
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Difficulty of Delivery of Fetal head
Time Frame: Assessed at time of delivery, delivery day (day 0)
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Score of difficulty of delivery 1-5 (1: very difficult, 5: very easy)
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Assessed at time of delivery, delivery day (day 0)
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Uterine extension
Time Frame: Assessed at time of delivery, delivery day (day 0)
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Grading of extension 1-3
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Assessed at time of delivery, delivery day (day 0)
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Composite Maternal Morbidity
Time Frame: Assessed both following delivery (day 0) and at end of study period (week 4)
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Blood loss, presence of blood transfusion, change in hematocrit from preop to postop day 1, temperature>100.4,
ICU transfer, presence of Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), readmission
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Assessed both following delivery (day 0) and at end of study period (week 4)
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Length of stay
Time Frame: Assessed at end of study period (week 4)
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Maternal Length of stay
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Assessed at end of study period (week 4)
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Fetal Weight
Time Frame: Assessed at time of delivery, delivery day (day 0)
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Weight of fetus at time of birth
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Assessed at time of delivery, delivery day (day 0)
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1 minute APGAR
Time Frame: Assessed at time of delivery, delivery day (day 0)
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Assessment of the 1 minute APGAR
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Assessed at time of delivery, delivery day (day 0)
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5 minute APGAR
Time Frame: Assessed at time of delivery, delivery day (day 0)
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Assessment of the 5 minute APGAR
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Assessed at time of delivery, delivery day (day 0)
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Composite Neonatal Morbidity
Time Frame: Assessed at end of study period (week 4)
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Need for intubation, fetal trauma
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Assessed at end of study period (week 4)
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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Length of Stay
Time Frame: Assessed at end of study period (week 4)
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Length of stay in NICU
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Assessed at end of study period (week 4)
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Provider Opinions
Time Frame: Assessed at end of study period (week 4)
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Willingness to recommend to others based on ease of placement and removal (1-5 point scale)
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Assessed at end of study period (week 4)
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Julian N Robinson, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Mancuso MS, Rouse DJ. Cesarean delivery for abnormal labor. Clin Perinatol. 2008 Sep;35(3):479-90, ix. doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2008.06.004.
- Myles TD, Santolaya J. Maternal and neonatal outcomes in patients with a prolonged second stage of labor. Obstet Gynecol. 2003 Jul;102(1):52-8. doi: 10.1016/s0029-7844(03)00400-9.
- Safa H, Beckmann M. Comparison of maternal and neonatal outcomes from full-dilatation cesarean deliveries using the Fetal Pillow or hand-push method. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2016 Dec;135(3):281-284. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2016.06.013. Epub 2016 Aug 24.
- Seal SL, Dey A, Barman SC, Kamilya G, Mukherji J. Does elevating the fetal head prior to delivery using a fetal pillow reduce maternal and fetal complications in a full dilatation caesarean section? A prospective study with historical controls. J Obstet Gynaecol. 2014 Apr;34(3):241-4. doi: 10.3109/01443615.2013.844108. Epub 2014 Jan 31.
- Seal SL, Dey A, Barman SC, Kamilya G, Mukherji J, Onwude JL. Randomized controlled trial of elevation of the fetal head with a fetal pillow during cesarean delivery at full cervical dilatation. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2016 May;133(2):178-82. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.09.019. Epub 2016 Jan 15.
- Lassey SC, Little SE, Saadeh M, Patton N, Farber MK, Bateman BT, Robinson JN. Cephalic Elevation Device for Second-Stage Cesarean Delivery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Apr;135(4):879-884. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003746.
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Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 2017P001986
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
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