Simple monitoring tool could make labor safer and reduce C-Sections
NCT ID NCT07686419
First seen Jul 07, 2026 · Last updated Jul 08, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests a WHO-designed labor care guide—a simple monitoring tool—to see if it improves labor progress and increases the chance of a vaginal delivery. The study includes 350 full-term pregnant women planning a vaginal delivery at Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital. Researchers will measure healthcare provider satisfaction and compare delivery outcomes, labor duration, and maternal complications between those using the guide and those receiving standard care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- labor care guide (a monitoring tool)
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this simple monitoring tool could help more women have safer, faster labors and avoid unnecessary C-sections.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-hospital study, so results may not apply everywhere. The tool's success depends on how well healthcare providers use it.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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350 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Finished
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Aug 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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15 to 45 months
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Pregnant woman who will undergo vaginal delivery at Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital with gestational age above or equal 37 weeks 2. Vertex presentation . 3. Women with estimated fetal weight 2.5 till 4 kg Exclusion Criteria:: 1. Placenta previa 2. Placenta previa accreta 3. Macrosomic baby above 4 kg in diabetic women and above 4.5 kg in non diabetic women 4. Placenta abruption complicated by non reassuring CTG or life threatening bleeding 5. Cord prolapse 6. Vasa previa 7. Primary active genital herpes simplex 8. Patient with anemia which may lead to atonic uterus and prolonged labor. 9. Women with previously scarred uterus due to risk of ruptured uterus and postpartum hemorrhage
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital
Cairo, Egypt
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