Please note that the copy function is not enabled for this field.
If you wish to
modify
existing outcomes, please copy and paste the current outcome text into the Update field.
LOGIN
CREATE ACCOUNT
LOGIN
CREATE ACCOUNT
MY TRIALS
REGISTER TRIAL
FAQs
HINTS AND TIPS
DEFINITIONS
Trial Review
The ANZCTR website will be unavailable from 1pm until 3pm (AEDT) on Wednesday the 30th of October for website maintenance. Please be sure to log out of the system in order to avoid any loss of data.
The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been endorsed by the ANZCTR. Before participating in a study, talk to your health care provider and refer to this
information for consumers
Download to PDF
Trial registered on ANZCTR
Registration number
ACTRN12611000878976
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
15/08/2011
Date registered
17/08/2011
Date last updated
22/05/2017
Type of registration
Prospectively registered
Titles & IDs
Public title
The effect of an antenatal decision aid booklet on rate of vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) in women with previous caesarean section.
Query!
Scientific title
For pregnant women in the first half of their pregnancy with history of previous caesarean and eligible for vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC), will using a decision aid increase their rate of VBAC compared to using a pamphlet?
Query!
Secondary ID [1]
262832
0
none
Query!
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Query!
Trial acronym
Query!
Linked study record
Query!
Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
pregnant women with previous caesarean section
270556
0
Query!
elective repeat caesarean section
270557
0
Query!
Vaginal Birth after Caesarean (VBAC)
270558
0
Query!
Condition category
Condition code
Reproductive Health and Childbirth
270720
270720
0
0
Query!
Antenatal care
Query!
Reproductive Health and Childbirth
270745
270745
0
0
Query!
Childbirth and postnatal care
Query!
Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Query!
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
The decision aid is a comprehensive 25 page booklet that first explains the risks and benefits of elective repeat caesarean and of VBAC, and then asks the woman to write down her own values and preferences about the two birth options. It will be administered at the time of the consultation in the Positive Birth After Caesarean (PBAC) Clinic.
Query!
Intervention code [1]
269185
0
Prevention
Query!
Comparator / control treatment
The patient pamphlet is 6 pages and briefly lists risks and benefits of elective repeat caesarean and of VBAC. It is administered at the time of the consultation in PBAC clinic.
Query!
Control group
Active
Query!
Outcomes
Primary outcome [1]
269428
0
The rate of vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) is determined using the perinatal database at the hospital.
Query!
Assessment method [1]
269428
0
Query!
Timepoint [1]
269428
0
measured at time of baby's birth
Query!
Secondary outcome [1]
287620
0
mean decisional conflict score about birth choice, out of 5
Query!
Assessment method [1]
287620
0
Query!
Timepoint [1]
287620
0
measured at baseline (< 25 weeks gestation) and at follow-up (33-35 weeks gestation)
Query!
Secondary outcome [2]
287621
0
mean knowledge score about birth choices, out of 15
Query!
Assessment method [2]
287621
0
Query!
Timepoint [2]
287621
0
measured at baseline (< 25 weeks gestation) and at follow-up (33-35 weeks gestation)
Query!
Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
history of one previous caesarean
less than 25 weeks gestation in current pregnancy
Query!
Minimum age
20
Years
Query!
Query!
Maximum age
49
Years
Query!
Query!
Sex
Females
Query!
Can healthy volunteers participate?
Yes
Query!
Key exclusion criteria
no consent to participate
Query!
Study design
Purpose of the study
Educational / counselling / training
Query!
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Query!
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
opaque envelopes
Query!
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Simple randomisation using a randomisation table created by computer software (i.e. computerised sequence generation)
Query!
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Query!
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people analysing the results/data
Query!
Query!
Query!
Query!
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Query!
Other design features
none
Query!
Phase
Not Applicable
Query!
Type of endpoint/s
Efficacy
Query!
Statistical methods / analysis
univariate and multivariate models for logistic regression
Query!
Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Query!
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
1/11/2011
Query!
Actual
19/11/2012
Query!
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Query!
Actual
14/07/2014
Query!
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Query!
Actual
15/09/2014
Query!
Sample size
Target
314
Query!
Accrual to date
Query!
Final
300
Query!
Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1]
3788
0
New Zealand
Query!
State/province [1]
3788
0
Query!
Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1]
269657
0
Government body
Query!
Name [1]
269657
0
A+ Trust
Query!
Address [1]
269657
0
ADHB Research Office
Level 14, Support Building
Auckland City Hospital
2 Park Rd
Grafton
Auckland 1023
Query!
Country [1]
269657
0
New Zealand
Query!
Primary sponsor type
Individual
Query!
Name
Dr Michelle Wise
Query!
Address
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
Auckland 1142
Query!
Country
New Zealand
Query!
Secondary sponsor category [1]
266695
0
Other Collaborative groups
Query!
Name [1]
266695
0
Positive Birth After Caesarean working group
Query!
Address [1]
266695
0
c/o Dr Lynn Sadler and Dr Jenny McDougall
National Women's Health
Level 9, Support Building
Auckland City Hospital
2 Park Rd
Grafton
Auckland 1023
Query!
Country [1]
266695
0
New Zealand
Query!
Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
Query!
Ethics committee name [1]
269605
0
National Health & Medical Research Council
Query!
Ethics committee address [1]
269605
0
Query!
Ethics committee country [1]
269605
0
Australia
Query!
Date submitted for ethics approval [1]
269605
0
01/09/2011
Query!
Approval date [1]
269605
0
Query!
Ethics approval number [1]
269605
0
Query!
Ethics committee name [2]
297756
0
Northern X Regional Ethics Committee
Query!
Ethics committee address [2]
297756
0
Health and Disability Ethics Committees Private Bag 92522 Wellesley St Auckland 1141
Query!
Ethics committee country [2]
297756
0
New Zealand
Query!
Date submitted for ethics approval [2]
297756
0
Query!
Approval date [2]
297756
0
09/01/2012
Query!
Ethics approval number [2]
297756
0
NTX/11/12/109
Query!
Summary
Brief summary
In 2010, the caesarean section rate at National Women’s in Auckland was 32%. The majority of caesareans were performed for women who have had a previous caesarean section. The alternative to a repeat caesarean is a Vaginal Birth after Caesarean (VBAC). Both methods of delivery have advantages and disadvantages, and current national guidelines recommend individualized decision-making. At National Women’s, only 40% of women try for a VBAC, and about 2 out of 3 women who try for VBAC will have a vaginal birth. The aim of this project is to increase the proportion of women with previous caesarean who have a vaginal birth. The clinical trial is aimed at women with previous caesarean who are in the first half of their pregnancy and deciding whether to plan a VBAC or repeat caesarean. They currently receive counselling about this decision by a midwife and obstetrician at the Positive Birth After Caesarean (PBAC) Clinic. Women will be randomized to use a newly developed decision aid booklet, or a patient education leaflet (routine care), as the basis for their counselling. All women will be asked prior to their consultation to complete questionnaires about knowledge and preferences about their birth options.We hypothesize that pregnant women who use the decision aid will have higher rates of vaginal birth, higher levels of knowledge, and lower levels of decisional conflict. Rates of vaginal birth will be determined using the perinatal database at the hospital. Levels of knowledge, decisional conflict and anxiety will be determined using validated published questionnaires. The overarching goal of the project is to improve quality of care at our hospital for the large number of women who have had a caesarean delivery.
Query!
Trial website
Query!
Trial related presentations / publications
none
Query!
Public notes
Query!
Contacts
Principal investigator
Name
33018
0
Dr Michelle Wise
Query!
Address
33018
0
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, FMHS
University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
Auckland 1142
Query!
Country
33018
0
New Zealand
Query!
Phone
33018
0
+6499239488
Query!
Fax
33018
0
Query!
Email
33018
0
[email protected]
Query!
Contact person for public queries
Name
16265
0
Dr Michelle Wise
Query!
Address
16265
0
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, FMHS
University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
Auckland 1142
Query!
Country
16265
0
New Zealand
Query!
Phone
16265
0
64-9-923-9488
Query!
Fax
16265
0
Query!
Email
16265
0
[email protected]
Query!
Contact person for scientific queries
Name
7193
0
Dr Michelle Wise
Query!
Address
7193
0
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, FMHS
University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
Auckland 1142
Query!
Country
7193
0
New Zealand
Query!
Phone
7193
0
64-9-923-9488
Query!
Fax
7193
0
Query!
Email
7193
0
[email protected]
Query!
No information has been provided regarding IPD availability
What supporting documents are/will be available?
No Supporting Document Provided
Results publications and other study-related documents
Documents added manually
No documents have been uploaded by study researchers.
Documents added automatically
Source
Title
Year of Publication
DOI
Embase
Non-clinical interventions for reducing unnecessary caesarean section.
2018
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005528.pub3
N.B. These documents automatically identified may not have been verified by the study sponsor.
Download to PDF