A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Repeated Hands-and-Knees Positioning During Labour

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium

In brief

The investigators designed a pilot randomized controlled trial to assess the feasibility and acceptability of repeated hands-and-knees positioning during labour. The objectives were 1) to provide an estimate of enrollment rates, 2) to assess compliance with the study protocol by participants and care providers, 3) to obtain women's views about their experiences using the hands-and-knees position, and 4) to provide estimates of treatment effects to inform the sample size calculation for a large trial.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01720004

Run by

University of Toronto

People needed

30

Starts

2010-10-01

Expected to finish

2012-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-11-01

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• nulliparous;
• >37 weeks 0 days gestation
• in established early labour
• anticipating a vaginal delivery of a single fetus in the cephalic position
• competent to give informed consent .

You may not qualify if…

• delivery was anticipated within 3 hours
• a medical contraindication or physical limitation such that hands-and- knees position was contraindicated
• had a doula or midwife who encouraged the use of hands-and-knees position.

Where it is running

• Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital — Fort Worth, Texas, United States
• Toronto East General Hospital — Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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