6,106
Participants
Start Date
March 31, 2014
Primary Completion Date
November 30, 2017
Study Completion Date
January 31, 2018
Elective Induction of Labor
Women randomized to induction of labor will undergo induction via oxytocin at 39 weeks 0 days to 39 weeks 4 days. Those with an unfavorable cervix (modified Bishop score \< 5) will first undergo cervical ripening (method left to the discretion of the patient's physician) in conjunction with or followed by oxytocin stimulation unless a contraindication arises.
Columbia University-St. Luke's Hospital, New York
Magee Womens Hospital of UPMC, Pittsburgh
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill
Duke University, Durham
University of Alabama - Birmingham, Birmingham
Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
Northwestern University-Prentice Hospital, Chicago
University of Texas - Houston, Houston
University of Texas - Galveston, Galveston
University of Colorado, Denver
University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Stanford University, Stanford
Brown University, Providence
Dept of OB/GYN, Southwestern Medical Center, University of Texas, Dallas
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
NIH
The George Washington University Biostatistics Center
OTHER