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Comparing the Efficiency of Cervical Ripening BALLoon (Cook) to the DINOprostone (Propess) for the Cervical Maturation in Case of Unfavorable Cervix (Bishop <6) in the Population of Obese Pregnant Women (BMI >= 30 kg/m²)

Pilot, Comparative, Not Randomized, Two Centers Study Comparing the Efficiency of Cervical Ripening BALLoon (Cook) to the DINOprostone (Propess) for the Cervical Maturation in Case of Unfavorable Cervix (Bishop <6) in the Population of Obese Pregnant Women (BMI >= 30 kg/m²)

Status
Terminated
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02649920
Acronym
BALLODINO
Enrollment
2
Registered
2016-01-08
Start date
2016-06-30
Completion date
2016-11-30
Last updated
2024-08-15

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Conditions

Delivery

Keywords

unfavorable cervix, obese pregnant women

Brief summary

At the moment in France, one delivery on four is induced for a medical indication. In this context, the practitioners are exposed to an additional difficulty when the clinical examination of the patient reveals a unfavorable cervix because the main drug used for the releases cannot be used and the cervix must be previously mature. There is a pharmacological method used and estimated in these indications of cervical maturation: the dinoprostone (Propess®). Other methods using a mechanical process, are under development and of evaluation as it is the case of the probe of dilation with double balloon (Cook®). The population of the obese women is a population in constant increase in France and presenting deliveries to higher risks of maternal and foetal complications. At these patients, the medicinal releases seem also more difficult and at greater risks of failures. The investigators wish compared the efficiency of the cervical ripening balloon to the dinoprostone within the framework of a medical indication in a release with a unfavorable cervix in obese pregnant women.

Interventions

DRUGDinoprostone

Sponsors

Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendee
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Age ≥ 18 years * Term ≥ 37 weeks of amenorrhea * Singleton pregnancy * Cephalic presentation * Medical indication of release and unfavorable cervix (Bishop \<6) * BM pre-pregnancy ≥ 30 kg/m2 * Having given their agreement for the participation of the study * Patient receiving social coverage

Exclusion criteria

* Age \< 18 years * Term \< 37 weeks of amenorrhea * Multiple pregnancy * Favorable cervix (Bishop ≥ 6) * Contraindication of vaginal delivery: praevia placenta, transverse presentation, cord prolapse * Evolutive urinary tract infection (positive urine dip: leukocytes/ nitrites) * Not affiliated with a legal protection regime * Patient trust, guardianship, under legal protection measure, deprived of freedom Balloon's contraindications: * Abnormal pelvis structure * Evolutive genital herpes * Invasive cervical cancer * Anomaly of foetal heart rate * Breech presentation * Maternal heart disorder * Hydramnios * Serious and uncontrolled arterial high blood pressure * Rupture of membranes * Medical histories of hysterotomy, classic uterine section, myomectomy or quite different uterine section of full thickness * Presentation above superior pelvic strait Dinoprostone's contraindications: * Scarred uterus * Prostaglandin's hypersensitivity

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Bishop Score After 24 Hours of Maturation24 hours

Countries

France

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Cervical Ripening Balloon
Prospective Cervical ripening balloon
2
Dinoprostone
Retrospective Dinoprostone
0
Total2

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicCervical Ripening BalloonTotal
Age, Continuous26.5 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 2.12
26.5 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 2.12
Sex: Female, Male
Female
2 Participants2 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
0 Participants0 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 00 / 0
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 00 / 0
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 00 / 0

Outcome results

Primary

Bishop Score After 24 Hours of Maturation

Time frame: 24 hours

Population: Data were not collected.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026