Status:

RECRUITING

ASSIST Ethiopia: Feasibility Clinical Investigation of the Odonassist™ Medical Device

Lead Sponsor:

Doctors with Africa - CUAMM

Collaborating Sponsors:

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon

St. Luke Catholic Hospital, Wolisso, Ethiopia

Conditions:

Instrumental Delivery

Medical Device

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The Innovation The OdonAssist™ is a medical device for assisted vaginal delivery (AVD), that is defined by the need of additional procedure to facilitate childbirth in order to reduce foetal-maternal ...

Detailed Description

INTRODUCTION The OdonAssist™ inflatable device for assisted vaginal birth (AVB), is a frugal innovation from the southern hemisphere and an unconventional environment as it was invented by an Argenti...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Women will be able to participate in the ASSIST Ethiopia Study if all of the following apply at initial consent:
  • ≥18 years of age;
  • singleton pregnancy of at least 36 weeks' gestation,
  • negative antenatal screen for HIV and Hepatitis B,
  • in active labour and requiring an assisted vaginal birth for a clinical indication (as per local guidelines),
  • the vertex is 1 cm or more below the ischial spines and there is no obstetric indication for an alternative method of AVB.

Exclusion

  • Women will not be able to take part in the ASSIST Ethiopia Study if:
  • the fetal vertex is at or above the ischial spines,
  • there is a diagnosis of a fetal skull abnormality (i.e. macrocephaly) or osteogenesis imperfecta,
  • there is a suspicion of a fetal bleeding disorder (von Willebrand's disease, AITP, haemophilia),
  • there is an intrauterine fetal death in the current pregnancy,
  • the woman is sensitive to latex,
  • the woman is currently serving a prison sentence,
  • there is a fetal bradycardia which is on-going and has not recovered.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2025

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

March 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

20 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06918509

Start Date

April 1 2025

End Date

March 1 2026

Last Update

December 30 2025

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St. Luke Catholic Hospital

Waliso, Ethiopia