# Cervical Ripening: A Comparison Between Intravaginal Misoprostol Tablet and Intracervical Foley's Catheter and Subsequent Induction of Labor, Safety and Efficacy in Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.

> **NCT02574338** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Nwali Matthew Igwe** · enrollment: 135 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Cervical Ripening and Induction of Labor

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Foley's Catheter
- **DRUG:** prostaglandin E1 analogue

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02574338
- **Lead sponsor:** Nwali Matthew Igwe
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER_GOV
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2015-09
- **Primary completion:** 2018-08
- **Final completion:** 2018-08
- **Target enrollment:** 135 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2019-10-15


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02574338

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02574338, "Cervical Ripening: A Comparison Between Intravaginal Misoprostol Tablet and Intracervical Foley's Catheter and Subsequent Induction of Labor, Safety and Efficacy in Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02574338. Licensed CC0.

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