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Breakthrough device could save babies stuck in birth canal
NCT ID NCT05913609
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This trial tests a new device called the Yaari Extractor for shoulder dystocia, a birth complication where the baby's shoulder gets stuck. The device is designed to help doctors safely and quickly deliver the baby. The study will enroll 80 pregnant women planning vaginal birth and measure how often the device works and how long delivery takes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Yaari Extractor device
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this device could provide a new, safer tool for doctors to quickly deliver babies stuck during birth, potentially reducing birth injuries.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study with only 80 participants and no control group, so results may not apply broadly. The device is new and its safety and effectiveness are not yet proven.
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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 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2023
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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 years and older
- 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. Subject 18 years of age or older at time of consent. 2. Subject planning on vaginal birth. 3. Singleton pregnancy in vertex presentation. 4. Full-term pregnancy having completed 37 weeks or more gestational weeks. 5. Able and willing to provide written informed consent prior to enrollment. 6. In the opinion of the Investigator, the subject has sufficient mental capacity to understand the informed consent form (ICF). 7. Subject with fetus experiencing shoulder dystocia as defined by ACOG Practice Bulletin 178 "Shoulder dystocia is most commonly diagnosed as failure to deliver the fetal shoulder(s) with gentle downward traction on the fetal head, requiring additional maneuvers to effect delivery." Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients who have undergone attempted delivery using ancillary standard of care maneuvers, to include first-line maneuvers (McRoberts ± suprapubic pressure with downward traction on the fetal head), prior to use of the Yaari Extractor. (NOTE: Hyperflexion of the hips or legs is allowed prior to and during use of the Yaari Extractor.) 2. Cesarean section is planned for the patient. 3. Obstetric contraindications to vaginal birth. 4. Subject carrying fetus with known significant chromosomal or structural anomalies. 5. Clinically estimated fetal weight ≥5kg in non-diabetic subjects. 6. Clinically estimated fetal weight ≥4.5kg in subjects with diabetes. 7. Subject has any general health condition or systemic disease that may represent, in the opinion of the Investigator, a potential increased risk associated with device use or pregnancy. 8. Bleeding disorders, such as thrombocytopenia, von Willebrand's disease, bleeding disorder currently using anticoagulation medication, etc. 9. Any maternal disease or disorder that precludes the subject from pushing effectively. 10. If the maternal cervix is not fully dilated. 11. If the fetal head is not completely out of the birth canal. 12. In the presence of a non-reducible nuchal cord.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
RECRUITINGFalls Church, Virginia, 22042, United States
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Rosemark WomenCare Specialist
RECRUITINGIdaho Falls, Idaho, 83404, United States
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Unified Women's Clinical Research
RECRUITINGWinston-Salem, North Carolina, 27103, United States
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University of Miami - Jackson Memorial
RECRUITINGMiami, Florida, 33136, United States
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