Oral misoprostol may leads to lower vaginal birth within 24 hours compared with vaginal misoprostol (low certainty).
Oral misoprostol showed no clear difference in vaginal birth within 24 hours compared with vaginal dinoprostone (low certainty).
It is very uncertain whether oral misoprostol one‐ to two‐hourly changes vaginal birth within 24 hours compared with oral misoprostol four‐ to six‐hourly (very low certainty).
Oral misoprostol showed no clear difference in vaginal birth within 24 hours compared with intravenous oxytocin (low certainty).
Oral misoprostol showed no clear difference in vaginal birth within 24 hours compared with mechanical methods (low certainty).
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
Oral misoprostol 20 µg hourly titrated showed no clear difference in vaginal birth within 24 hours compared with oral misoprostol 25 µg two‐hourly static (low certainty).