The Comparative Effectiveness of Liberal Versus Restricted Maternal Administration of Oxygen During Labor

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Conditions studied: Maternal Oxygen Use in Labor

In brief

The objective of this study is to determine if a strategy of indicated compared to liberal oxygen administration in labor decreases the rate of cesarean delivery. The hypothesis is that women who undergo a strategy of indicated compared to liberal oxygen administration in labor will have lower rate of cesarean delivery and fetal acidemia at birth.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02752490

Run by

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

People needed

844

Starts

2016-04-01

Expected to finish

2016-07-31

Last updated by the study team

2020-10-12

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 45. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Pregnant women with singleton gestation between 37 weeks 0 days to 42 weeks 0 days gestation who present to labor and delivery at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, TX for planned labor attempt.

You may not qualify if…

• Lethal fetal anomaly defined as anomaly in which the fetus is unlikely to survive or the neonate is not expected to survive to initial hospital discharge
• Antepartum or intrapartum fetal demise
• Preexisting maternal conditions requiring oxygen for maternal indication, including but not limited to: Asthma that has required intubation or hospitalization in the past or currently requiring steroids (either inhaled or oral); Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Chronic bronchitis; Congestive heart failure/peripartum cardiomyopathy; Pneumonia; Pulmonary edema; Pulmonary embolus

Where it is running

• Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital — Houston, Texas, United States

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