Prostaglandins Before Caserean Section

Does the Administration of Prostaglandins Before Cesarean Section Reduce the Amount of Blood Loss ?

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Phase 2Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03366259

Enrollment

160

Registered

2017-12-08

Start date

2017-12-31

Completion date

2018-02-28

Last updated

2017-12-11

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Conditions

Intrapartum Hemorrhage

Brief summary

The aim of our study is to assess the value of administration of prostaglandins before cesarean section to reduce the amount of blood loss

Detailed description

160 full term pregnant patients candidate for elective cesarean section were randomly allocated into 2 groups ,80 patients will receive 200mcg of rectal prostaglandins before cesarean section and 80 patients are used as control receiving placebo

Interventions

DRUGMisoprostol 200Mcg Tab

administration of 200 Mcg of misoprotol rectal

PROCEDUREelective cesarean section

elective cesarean section for full term patients

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

20 Years to 40 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

pregnant patients full term elective cesarean section \-

Exclusion criteria

* medical disorder with pregnancy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
amount of intraoperative blood loss	during cesarean section	number of soaked towels
postpartum hemorrhage	24 hour after cesarean section	blood loss after cesarean section

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
fetal condition	5 minutes after cesarean section	apgar score

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results

None listed

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