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Status unknownNCT03178461Updated Mar 8, 2019

The Effect of Warmed Parenteral Fluids During Delivery

An interventional study of Body temperature parenteral fluids in Delivery, Obstetric, sponsored by Meir Medical Center. Status unknown at 2 sites in Israel. Open to female participants, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-03-08.

Sponsored by Meir Medical Center · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Mar 2019), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
7,000
Allocation
Randomized
Sex
Female
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Study summary

To evaluate the influence of warm IV fluids during delivery and cesarean section on perinatal outcomes.

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Prospective randomized controlled trial. Assessing the influence of warmed parenteral fluids during delivery/cesarean section on the obstetrical and neonatal outcome. The investigators will randomize parturients during the active phase of labor to receive either body temperature warmed parenteral fluids or room temperature parenteral fluids. Both groups will receive the same fluid composition of 5% dextrose with normal saline. The investigators will compare the obstetrical and neonatal outcomes of the two groups.

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Conditions studied

  • Delivery, Obstetric

Keywords

  • Caesarean Section
  • Delivery
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In context

Lead sponsor

Meir Medical Center is the lead sponsor of 389 studies on the registry; 34 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Singleton pregnancies
  • term pregnancies
  • receiving parenteral fluids

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • high order pregnancies
  • preterm pregnancies (before 37 weeks of gestation)
  • known fetal major anomaly
  • known fetal significant chromosomal/genetic abnormality
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
7,000 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • No intervention
    Room temperature parenteral fluids

    This group will receive IV room temperature fluids, which is the standard of care. The composition of the fluids given will be normal saline with 5% dextrose.

  • Experimental
    Body temperature parenteral fluids

    This group will receive IV warmed fluids, body temperature, which is the experimental intervention. The composition of the fluids given will be normal saline with 5% dextrose.

    Other: Body temperature parenteral fluids

Interventions

  • OtherBody temperature parenteral fluids

    2 study groups shall receive the same parenteral fluids but at different temperatures.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Length of the second stage of labor

    How much time did it take from complete cervical dilation to the delivery of the baby.

    Time frame: up to 5 hours from complete cervical dilation

Secondary outcomes

  1. Prevalence of perineal tears and episiotomies

    The prevalence of perineal tears and episiotomies that occurred during vaginal delivery

    Time frame: immediately after vaginal birth

  2. Neonatal APGAR score

    Comparison of the 1 minute and 5 minute APGAR score that the neonates received, between the groups.

    Time frame: up to 5 minutes from delivery

  3. The rate of prolonged second stage

    The percentage of patients, in each group, that were defined with a prolonged second stage. The definition is more than 2 hours from complete cervical dilation until delivery of the baby in multipara patients and more than 3 hours from complete cervical dilation until delivery of the baby in nullipara patients.

    Time frame: immediately after completion of the delivery.

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Study locations

2 of 2 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — All primary and secondary outcome measures will be made available within 6 months of syudy completion

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 8, 2019, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03178461
Lead sponsor
Meir Medical Center
Responsible party
hanoch schreiber (Dr, Meir Medical Center) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jun 7, 2017
Start date
Jul 1, 2017
Primary completion
Dec 30, 2019 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 30, 2019 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 8, 2019

Study contacts

Hanoch Schreiber, MD
Contact
hanoch.schreiber@clalit.org.il
972-53-332-3248
Tal Weissbach, MD
Contact
ferbyt@gmail.com
972-546-250-299
Hanoch Schreiber, MD
principal investigator · Clalit Health Services

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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