Lemyre 2006.

Study characteristics
Methods	RCT.
Participants	Term pregnancy requiring cervical ripening.
Interventions	Foley catheter for 12 hours (n = 31). Vaginal misoprostol 25 mcg 4‐hourly (n = 31).
Outcomes	Induction‐active labour, induction‐delivery, delivery within 12 and 20 hours, oxytocin, obstetric outcome, maternal and neonatal morbidity
Notes	Reported as abstract, only outcome of interest reported is oxytocin infusion. Setting: Canada Study period: not reported Funding: not reported Declarations of interest: not reported
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Randomly assigned, no details on sequence generation.
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	No details on allocation concealment given.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Not feasible due to nature of intervention
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Not reported
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Not reported in this abstract.
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	In this abstract from the outcomes of interest only oxytocin infusion reported, other outcomes not reported.
Other bias	Unclear risk	Only abstract available.