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Not yet recruitingNCT07371039Updated Jan 27, 2026

Sacral Pressure During Labor: Effects on Pain and Maternal Satisfaction

An interventional study of manual pressure application in Getting Pregnant, Labor Pain and Intrapartum Period, sponsored by Izmir Kavram Vocational School. Not yet recruiting. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-01-27.

Sponsored by Izmir Kavram Vocational School · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Mar 2026, 7 months ago, but the record still lists the study as not yet recruiting.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Study summary

The study will be conducted with pregnant women in the active and transitional phases of labor. In the intervention group, sacral pressure will be applied during contractions, while the control group will receive routine clinical care. Perceived labor pain and maternal satisfaction will be assessed throughout the labor process

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Conditions studied

  • Getting Pregnant
  • Labor Pain
  • Intrapartum Period
  • 37-42 Weeks of Gestation
  • Singleton Fetus
  • Aged 18 Years or Older

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Keywords

  • pregnant
  • labor pain
  • intrapartum period
  • nursing practices
  • clinical intervention
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In context

Labor Pain

423 studies on the registry are indexed under Labor Pain; 74 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 60 is below the median of 100 across 347 interventional studies indexed under Labor Pain.

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Lead sponsor

Izmir Kavram Vocational School is the lead sponsor of 4 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Aged 18 years or older
  • Singleton pregnancy
  • Cephalic (vertex) presentation
  • Gestational age between 37 and 42 weeks

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria

  • Illiterate in Turkish
  • Presence of chronic disease(s)
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Sequential assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
60 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Sacral massage applied to the S4-S5 bones

    Pressure will be applied to minimize the mother's pain in order to facilitate contractions.

    Other: manual pressure application

  • No intervention
    routine clinical practice

Interventions

  • Othermanual pressure application

    Pressure application using the metacarpal bone of one hand on the S4-S5 bones was planned.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The VAS Pain Scale

    Time frame: Average: 1 year

Secondary outcomes

  1. The Intrapartum Period Satisfaction Form

    Time frame: Average: 1 year

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Start is estimated for Feb 2026; primary completion for Mar 2026, 1 month later.

Of 191 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Labor Pain, half reached primary completion within 9 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 14. This study's planned 1 month is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 193 studies reached it within 9 months; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 14.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jan 14, 2026
First posted
Jan 27, 2026
StartEst.
Feb 1, 2026
Primary completionEst.
Mar 15, 2026
CompletionEst.
Apr 20, 2026
Last update
Jan 27, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 27, 2026, 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
NCT07371039
Lead sponsor
Izmir Kavram Vocational School
Responsible party
Ayşegül Muslu (Lucturer (PhD), Izmir Kavram Vocational School) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 27, 2026
Start date
Feb 1, 2026 (estimated)
Primary completion
Mar 15, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Apr 20, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Jan 27, 2026

Study contacts

AYSEGÜL MUSLU, Phd
Contact
aysegulmuslu777@gmail.com
+90444 9 134
AYSEGÜL MUSLU
principal investigator · izmir kavram vocation

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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