# Comparison of Two Mechanical Methods of Outpatient Ripening of the Cervix

> **NCT03752073** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Ochsner Health System** · enrollment: 185 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Induction of Labor

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Trans-cervical cervical balloon
- **DEVICE:** Hygroscopic cervical dilator

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03752073
- **Lead sponsor:** Ochsner Health System
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2019-03-01
- **Primary completion:** 2023-01-01
- **Final completion:** 2023-01-01
- **Target enrollment:** 185 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Difficulty enrolling patients
- **Last updated:** 2023-04-25

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03752073

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03752073, "Comparison of Two Mechanical Methods of Outpatient Ripening of the Cervix". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-29 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03752073. Licensed CC0.

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