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Could 6 hours be enough? new study challenges standard bleeding treatment after birth
NCT ID NCT04467996
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how long a balloon used to stop heavy bleeding after childbirth should stay in place. Normally, it's kept for 12-24 hours, but researchers want to see if 6 hours works just as well as 18 hours. The goal is to help mothers recover faster, spend less time in the hospital, and have less pain. The study includes 64 women who had a vaginal delivery and needed this balloon treatment.
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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 64 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2020
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2026
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.
- Ages
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18 to 55 years
- 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: * Women at Denver Health and Hospital Authority (DHHA) who have an IUBT placed for postpartum hemorrhage due to uterine atony will be approached for enrollment in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Women will be excluded from the study if they: are less than 18 years of age; had a cesarean delivery; are unable to consent for themselves; have a preexisting or acquired clotting factor disorder such as von Willebrand or hemophilia, disseminated intravascular coagulation, or therapeutic anticoagulation at time of delivery; would refuse blood product transfusion; have a fetal demise or birth of a previable fetus; or are incarcerated at the time of delivery. Women who do not speak English or Spanish will be offered enrollment if a phone interpreter is available to review the consent, but will be excluded from the survey portion of the study.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Denver Health Hospital
Denver, Colorado, 80204, United States