Labor Characteristics and Outcomes in Women With Gestational Hypertension or Preeclampsia Who Underwent Labor Induction

NCT ID: NCT06907576

Last Updated: 2025-04-02

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 425 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2017-08-01
• Study Completion Date: 2022-08-01

Brief Summary

Comparison of Labor Characteristics and Maternal-Neonatal Outcomes in Induced Labor Between Women with Gestational Hypertension/Mild Preeclampsia and Normotensive Controls

Detailed Description

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends that women with gestational hypertension or preeclampsia without severe features at or beyond 37 weeks of gestation are usually managed by scheduled induction of labor (IOL). Occasionally, normal pregnant women request elective induction of labor because of a perceived decrease in fetal movements in the presence of normal findings in fetal heart rate monitoring. However, there is limited information available to compare labor induction outcomes between patients with gestational hypertension or mild-preeclampsia and those with normal pregnancies. In addition, no studies have analyzed the characteristics and interventions of labor in hypertensive patients with induction of labor who undergone vaginal birth. Therefore, the purpose of this project was to investigate the differences of labor characteristics and maternal-neonatal outcomes with induction of labour (IOL) between pregnant women with gestational hypertension or mild pre-eclampsia and those with normotensive pregnancies, providing clinical references of intrapartum management for women with gestational hypertension or mild pre-eclampsia.

Our results showed that women with hypertensive pregnancies had higher rates of cesarean delivery due to failed induction compared to normotensive pregnancies. However, no significant differences were observed in induced labor characteristics, intrapartum interventions, and maternal-neonatal complications between women with gestational hypertension or mild pre-eclampsia and those with normotensive pregnancies. Parity, bishop score, birth weight, and the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy were independently and significantly associated with an increased risk of cesarean section following induction. Consequently, these findings could provide evidence for the intrapartum management of labor induction in women with gestational hypertension or mild pre-eclampsia.

Conditions

Gestational Hypertension; Mild Pre-eclampsia

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

the HDP group

The pregnant women had combined with gestational hypertension or mild pre-eclampsia.

No interventions assigned to this group

the normotensive pregnancies group

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Undergoing an induction of labor at term (37-42 weeks) who gave birth to a live born, non-anomalous singleton in cephalic presentation, as well as women aged 18-35 years old

Exclusion Criteria

• Women with pregnancy complications including diabetes mellitus, intrahe-patic cholestasis of pregnancy, placenta previa, placental abruption, oligohydramnios, and polyhydramnios, previous caesarean births, fetal birth weight of ≥4.0 kg, severe preeclampsia, chronic hypertension, prepregnancy hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism, renal system disease, nutritional deficiency, immune system disease, hematological system diseases, and prepregnancy thrombocytopenia. Women were also excluded if clinical data were incomplete.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 35 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Ying Hua

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University

Locations

department of obstetrics of Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University

Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

Countries

China

Other Identifiers

SAHoWMU-CR2025-07-209

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id