Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0170149149
Study information
Scientific title
A randomised controlled trial of the effect of ambulation in the first stage of labour in terms of duration of labour of women with a previous caesarean
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Will ambulation during labour shorten the first stage of labour in women who have previously undergone one previous caesarian?
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Pregnancy and Childbirth: Labour
Intervention
1. Encourage walking/mobilisation
2. Walk/mobilise as little/much as desired
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Duration of labour in each group
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
20/07/2004
Overall trial end date
31/07/2006
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
200 women in latter stages of pregnancy
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Female
Target number of participants
200
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Women who intend to have a second planned elective caesarian section
2. Women who do not understand/speak English well enough to give valid consent
3. Non-cephalic presentation; known fetal abnormality
4. More than one previous LSCS; previous classical, inverted T or J incision to the uterus
5. Multiple pregnancy
6. Pre-term labour 37 weeks
8. Induced labour
Recruitment start date
20/07/2004
Recruitment end date
31/07/2006
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Nottingham City Hospital
Nottingham
NG5 1PB
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust (UK), NHS R&D Support Funding
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary