Will a Color-Coded dashboard expose and fix racial gaps in labor care?
NCT ID NCT07756424
First seen Aug 10, 2026 · Last updated Aug 11, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether giving clinicians a dashboard that breaks down their labor and delivery practices and outcomes by race and ethnicity can improve adherence to evidence-based care for labor induction. About 2,300 full-term pregnant people with a single baby and intact membranes undergoing induction will be included. The study compares two hospitals to see if the dashboard increases compliance with recommended cervical exam timing and reduces cesarean rates and maternal complications.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Disparities in Labor Outcomes Dashboard — a feedback tool that shows clinicians their use of evidence-based practices and outcomes, broken down by race and ethnicity.
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this dashboard could become a standard tool to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in labor and delivery care, improving outcomes for mothers and babies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an implementation study, not a drug trial. Success depends on whether feedback alone changes clinician behavior, and results may vary across hospitals.
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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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About 2,300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * full term (greater than or equal to 37 weeks gestation) * singleton gestations * intact membranes * undergoing an induction of labor requiring cervical ripening Exclusion criteria: \- prior cesarean
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States
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