Misoprostol for Treatment of Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH) in Home Births

NCT ID: NCT01508429

Last Updated: 2016-07-11

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

70 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-07-31

Study Completion Date

2016-02-29

Brief Summary

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Misoprostol, a prostaglandin E1 that induces uterine contractions, has been proposed as a low cost, easy-to-use option for prevention and treatment of Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH), especially in settings where injectable uterotonics are not yet available or feasible to use.

A double-blinded individual randomized controlled study of misoprostol versus placebo in home deliveries in four districts in the Badakshan Province in Afghanistan. The study will recruit pregnant women who are likely to deliver at home. All women enrolled in the study will receive 600 mcg misoprostol to be self-administered as prophylaxis for PPH after delivery of their baby (ies) and before delivery of the placenta.

Women who experience a PPH will be randomized to receive either: a) standard of care + 800 mcg misoprostol (four 200 mcg tablets) or b) standard of care + four placebo tablets resembling misoprostol. In this setting, standard of care is referral.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH)

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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misoprostol

800mcg misoprostol (four tablets of 200 mcg administered sublingually)

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Misoprostol

Intervention Type DRUG

800mcg misoprostol (4 200mcg tablets administered sublingually)

placebo

4 placebo tablets (resembling misoprostol) administered sublingually

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

placebo

Intervention Type OTHER

4 placebo tablets (resembling misoprostol) administered sublingually

Interventions

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placebo

4 placebo tablets (resembling misoprostol) administered sublingually

Intervention Type OTHER

Misoprostol

800mcg misoprostol (4 200mcg tablets administered sublingually)

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Women must be pregnant
* Must be able to provide informed consent
* Must agree to have a community health worker present at the time of delivery
* Must agree to participate in a follow up interview by the study midwife
* Must agree to have pre and postpartum haemoglobin taken
Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Aga Khan Health Services

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Gynuity Health Projects

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Shafiq Mirzazada

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Aga Khan Health Services

Gijs Walraven

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Secretariat of His Highness the Aga Khan, Aiglemont

Dina Abbas

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Gynuity Health Projects

Jill Durocher

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Gynuity Health Projects

Locations

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Home delivery setting

Darwaz, Ishkashim, Shugnan, Wakhan Districts, Badakshan Province, Afghanistan

Site Status

Countries

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Afghanistan

References

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Parry Smith WR, Papadopoulou A, Thomas E, Tobias A, Price MJ, Meher S, Alfirevic Z, Weeks AD, Hofmeyr GJ, Gulmezoglu AM, Widmer M, Oladapo OT, Vogel JP, Althabe F, Coomarasamy A, Gallos ID. Uterotonic agents for first-line treatment of postpartum haemorrhage: a network meta-analysis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Nov 24;11(11):CD012754. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012754.pub2.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33232518 (View on PubMed)

Abbas DF, Mirzazada S, Durocher J, Pamiri S, Byrne ME, Winikoff B. Testing a home-based model of care using misoprostol for prevention and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage: results from a randomized placebo-controlled trial conducted in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. Reprod Health. 2020 Jun 5;17(1):88. doi: 10.1186/s12978-020-00933-8.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 32503556 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2.4.14

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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