Condition (MeSH)
Breech Presentation
ClinicalTrials.gov lists 37 trials for Breech Presentation or a narrower condition beneath it. Basque Health Service has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 1.
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Trials per phase (log scale)
37 of the 37 trials are tagged with Breech Presentation itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.
When did Breech Presentation trials start? (20)
Shown in this order: most recent first, 1990 onwards. 2026 is partial: trials registered with a 2026 start date so far, not a full year.
Trials over time, by phase
- Phase 1
- Phase 3
- Not applicable
- Observational
Top of scale: 4
Trials registered with a start date in each year, 1990 onward, stacked by phase (complete years only; the current partial year is in the table's notes). The table below lists the same counts, most recent years first.
| Year | Trials started |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 |
Showing 10 of 20 earlier years.
No forecast is made for this condition: it averages 1.8 trial starts a year over the five years to September, under the 5 a year the method needs.
Recruitment duration, a model prediction: 2 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot, fewer than the 5 needed for a median. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.
What phase are Breech Presentation trials in? (4)
Shown in this order: phase order.
Show the trials by phase as a table
| Phase | Trials |
|---|---|
| Phase 1 | 1 |
| Phase 3 | 6 |
| Not applicable | 20 |
| Observational | 10 |
How many Breech Presentation trials are recruiting? (6)
Shown in this order: the order a trial moves through, from not yet recruiting to unknown.
| Status | Trials |
|---|---|
| Not yet recruiting | 1 |
| Recruiting | 6 |
| Completed | 20 |
| Suspended | 1 |
| Terminated | 3 |
Showing 5 of 6 statuses.
Status as registered on ClinicalTrials.gov. Each trial is counted once.
Which lead sponsors run the most Breech Presentation trials? (1)
Shown in this order: most trials first. Lead sponsors the registry classes as industry, NIH, US federal, other government or network. A hospital or university the registry files as government can appear here. Sponsors it classes as academic or other are shown on the full page, because that class cannot separate an institution from a named investigator.
| Sponsor | Trials |
|---|---|
| Basque Health Service | 1 |
Which drugs are being tested for Breech Presentation? (5)
Shown in this order: most trials first. One row per drug, matched to a single molecule under all its names, ranked by number of trials.
| Drug | Trials |
|---|---|
| Nitroglycerin | 2 |
| Nitrous Oxide | 2 |
| Remifentanil | 2 |
| FENTANYL | 1 |
| +/- Bupivacaine HCl | 1 |
Interventions as named in the registry (6)
Shown in this order: most trials first.
| Drug | Trials |
|---|---|
| Spinal anaesthesia (sub-study 1) | 1 |
| combined spinal-epidural analgesia | 1 |
| equimolar mixture of oxygen and nitrous oxide or medical air | 1 |
| Spinal Anesthesia | 1 |
| D. Midazolam | 1 |
Showing 5 of 6 interventions.
These are the names sponsors entered on ClinicalTrials.gov that we have not matched to a single molecule. Some are drugs under a brand or code name; others are procedures, doses or arm labels.
Which publications cover Breech Presentation? (98)
Shown in this order: major-topic papers first, then newest, then most linked to trials.
| Publication | Journal | Year | Major topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Randomized clinical trial of the use of Propofol as a sedative agent versus spinal analgesia with bupivacaine in External Cephalic Version (PropoSpinECV): study protocol for a randomized clinical trial. | Trials | 2025 | Yes |
| Depression, anxiety and stress in women with breech pregnancy compared to women with cephalic presentation-a cross-sectional study. | Archives of gynecology and obstetrics | 2023 | Yes |
| Influence on operative time of immediate skin-to-skin care in low-risk primary cesarean births for breech presentation: Retrospective cohort study. | Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) | 2023 | Yes |
| Impact of full vs empty urinary bladder on external cephalic version success: a randomized controlled trial. | American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM | 2023 | Yes |
| Rebozo and External Cephalic Version in breech presentation (RECEIVE): A randomised controlled study. | BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology | 2022 | Yes |
Showing 5 of 98 publications.
Not on this page
Not measured: delivery record.
Checked, with nothing recorded for this condition: serious adverse events in this condition's trials, prevalence, rare-disease identity, and sub-conditions in mesh.