Bitter Chocolate or Orange Juice for Non-reactive Non-stress Test (NST) Patterns

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

180 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-02-28

Study Completion Date

2012-01-31

Brief Summary

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There are multiple factors affecting the variability and acceleration pattern of fetal heart rate (FHR) pattern. However, fetal activity is considered as the main determinant. Any factor decreasing fetal activity causes a decrease in FHR variability. Fetal activity may be stimulated by manual manipulation, sound, light, change in maternal position and maternal ingestion of glucose. Among those, ingestion of any kind of food or juice is most frequently practiced in outpatient settings. This is not only medical but also a social routine. In this study the investigators have chosen the two most popular so-called 'fetal accelerators', chocolate and orange juice against no intervention and tried to find any usefulness of these on non-reactive NST patterns.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Nonreassuring Fetal Status

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators

Study Groups

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Bitter chocolate

50 grams Ülker Golden %70 bitter chocolate, İstanbul, Turkey

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Bitter chocolate

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Orange juice

Ülker İçim Orange Juice 250 cc, İstanbul, Turkey

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Orange juice

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Control

Sit and rest

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Bitter chocolate

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Orange juice

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* singleton pregnancies at 36 to 41 completed gestational weeks that have a non-reactive NST pattern without decelerations.

Exclusion Criteria

* multiple pregnancies, fetal anomaly, hypertension, intrauterine growth restriction, active labor, contractions or decelerations on NST, absence of a first or second trimester ultrasonography for accurate gestational dating, pre-gestational or gestational diabetes and known allergy to chocolate or orange

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

45 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No