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NCT Number: NCT06537089

Comparative Study Between Using WHO Labour Care Guide & Modified WHO Partograph

This randomized clinical trial is based on comparing the efficiency of modified WHO partographs vs. the new WHO labour care guide in monitoring and assessing the outcome of labour.

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Key information

Conditions

Labor Onset and Length Abnormalities 37 or More Completed Weeks of Gestation First Birth

Age range

18 year–35 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

kasr Al Aini, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University

Cairo, Old Cairo, 11562, Egypt

About this study

A group of primiparous women in first stage of labour will be randomized into two groups then monitored during first stage of labour. First group will be monitored by modified WHO partograph. The rest of participants will be monitored by WHO labour care Guide. The labour will be monitored regarding progress rate, mode of delivery.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Primiparous women.
  • Term gestation between 37 and 40 weeks.
  • Maternal age from 18 -35 years
  • Body mass index BMI of 18.5 to 29.9 kg/m2
  • Cephalic presentation. 6. Active first stage of labour

Exclusion criteria

  • Women with any medical comorbidities, such as (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, renal disease, or pulmonary disease).
  • Women with presence of any obstetrical complications, such as preterm birth, multiple gestation, breech presentation, postdated pregnancy, or bad obstetrical history.
  • women who were given intrapartum epidural analgesia.

Treatment and study plan

Supportive care measures

Other

traditional partograph to properly manage first stage of labor

LCG guided labour interference

Other

LCG as a new tool to make proper decision and management of first stage of labour

Primary outcomes

  1. Rate of primary caesarean section

    Time frame: First and second stage of labour

    number of women will undergo Caesarean section after monitoring, whether by Modified WHO partograph or a labour care Guide

Secondary outcomes

  1. Duration of active phase of first stage of labour

    Time frame: First stage of labour

  2. Duration of second stage of labour

    Time frame: Second stage of labour

  3. need for oxytocin use

    Time frame: First stage of labour

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Hend Mahmoud Abdelghany

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Comparative Study Between Using WHO Labour Care Guide & Modified WHO Partograph in Reducing Primary Cesarean Section in Primiparous Women in Active First Stage of Labour.

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Aug 5, 2024
Registry last updated
Feb 23, 2026

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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