# Reducing Cesarean Section Rates and Enhancing Vaginal Delivery in Greece: a Stepped-Wedge Randomized Controlled Trial

> **NCT04504500** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Hellenic Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology** · enrollment: 6029 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Cesarean Section Rates

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** HSOG guidelines application
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Interactive workshops and courses
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Feedback through follow-up meetings
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Robson criteria usage
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Access to live real-time statistics
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Attendance of local cesarean section meetings
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Attendance of local CTG interpretation meetings
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Reminders of proper clinical practice
- **OTHER:** HSOG guidelines implementation
- **OTHER:** Interactive workshops and courses training
- **OTHER:** Implementation of Robson criteria classification
- **OTHER:** Live real-time statistics online platform
- **OTHER:** Local cesarean section meetings
- **OTHER:** Local CTG interpretation meetings
- **OTHER:** Follow-up meetings

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04504500
- **Lead sponsor:** Hellenic Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2021-05-31
- **Primary completion:** 2023-08-31
- **Final completion:** 2023-10-31
- **Target enrollment:** 6029 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2024-01-23

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04504500

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04504500, "Reducing Cesarean Section Rates and Enhancing Vaginal Delivery in Greece: a Stepped-Wedge Randomized Controlled Trial". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04504500. Licensed CC0.

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