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Clinical trialNCT02777190TerminatedPhase 4Interventional

A Comparison of Oral Misoprostol and Vaginal Misoprostol for Cervical Ripening and Induction of Labor

SponsorMilton S. Hershey Medical CenterEnrollment34Labor; Forced or Induced, Affecting Fetus or NewbornPregnancy
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Summary

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The purpose of this study is to study if misoprostol administered orally is at least as effective as misoprostol administered vaginally for cervical ripening and the induction of labor. The main purpose is to show that oral misoprostol administration is non-inferior to vaginal misoprostol administration with respect to the time interval from misoprostol administration to onset of active phase of labor. The study is a non-inferiority, prospective randomized controlled trial comparing oral misoprostol given as 25 mcg every 2 hours versus vaginal misoprostol given as 25 mcg every 4 hours.
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Investigators

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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • Penn State Hershey Medical Center

    Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

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Drugs studied

The drug and biological interventions registered on this study, normalized to their RxNorm ingredient where possible.

Misoprostol →
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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
1 Nov 2017
Primary completion
23 Apr 2019
Completion
23 Apr 2019
Last update posted
13 Oct 2022
Registered enrollment
34
Registry id
NCT02777190
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.