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NCT03710317

Carbetocin Versus Buccal Misoprostol Plus IV Tranexamic Acid for Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage at Cesarean Section

Completed NA Last updated 5 August 2020
What this trial tests

NA trial testing carbetocin in Cesarean Section Complications in 400 participants. Completed in 1 August 2020.

Timeline
1 December 2018
Primary endpoint
30 May 2020
1 August 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsorAswan University Hospital
PhaseNA
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingtriple
Primary purposeprevention
Enrollment400
Start date1 December 2018
Primary completion30 May 2020
Estimated completion1 August 2020
Sites1 location across Egypt

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Aswan University Hospital

Who can join

Adults 20 to 45, female only, with Cesarean Section Complications. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The Millennium Development Goal of reducing the maternal mortality ratio by 75 % by 2015 will remain beyond our reach unless we prioritize the prevention and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage(PPH) in low-resource countries. Consequently, the administration of uterotonic drugs during cesarean section (CS) and in the third stage of labor for vaginal delivery has become essential to diminish the risk of PPH and improve maternal safety. Oxytocin is regarded as the gold standard uterotonic agent but only has a half-life of 4-10 min; therefore, at cesarean section oxytocin must be administered as a continuous intravenous infusion to attain sustained uterotonic activity throughout the surgical procedure and immediate postpartum period. Misoprostol is a prostaglandin E1 analog proven in several randomized controlled trials to be effective in preventing PPH because of its strong uterotonic effects. In addition, misoprostol is inexpensive, stable at room temperature, and easy to administer. Misoprostol has been broadly studied in the prevention and treatment of PPH after vaginal delivery; however, its use in conjunction with CS has not been investigated as much. The buccal route is recognized as having the greatest benefit due to its rapid uptake, long-acting effect, and greatest bioavailability compared with other routes of misoprostol administration. Carbetocin is a long-acting synthetic analog of oxytocin that can be administered as a single-dose injection; intravenously administered carbetocin has a half-life of approximately 40 min. A single intravenous bolus of carbetocin produces a tetanic uterine contraction within 2 min and persists for an average of 60 min following injection. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of combined buccal misoprostol and IV tranexamic acid (TA)with intravenous carbetocin for prevention of PPH in patients with risk factors during cesarean section.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.

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