Do Peanut Shaped Birthing Balls Reduce the Length of Labor in Patients With Epidural Analgesia?
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Labor patients who meet inclusion and exclusion criteria will be consented to be participate in this study to determine if the use of a peanut shaped birthing ball reduces the length of labor and reduces the incidence of cesarean section. Subjects will be randomized at the time of consent to either use the birthing ball or not use the birthing ball from the time of labor analgesia until complete cervical dilation.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02539563
- Recruitment status
- Terminated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 101 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 50 Years
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jun 3, 2015
- Primary completion
- Dec 25, 2017
- Completion
- Dec 25, 2017
- Last update posted
- Mar 17, 2022
2015 – 2017
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novant Health-Forsyth Medical Center | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | 27103 | — |
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- Last update posted Mar 17, 2022 · Synced Sep 7, 2026
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