As part of the continuing effort to study the benefit and risks of 17P and preterm delivery, this study is designed as a multi-center, randomized, double-blind, vehicle-controlled clinical trial of 17P for the prevention of preterm birth prior to 35 weeks, 0 days of gestation in women with a singleton pregnancy, aged 18 years or older, with a previous singleton spontaneous preterm delivery. The study also includes a population pharmacokinetic (PK) substudy to assess the hydroxyprogesterone caproate (HPC) exposure-response relationship and the effect of body mass index (BMI) on the PK of 17P.
One of the most significant risk factors for preterm birth is previous pregnancy history. Women who have had a prior preterm birth have a 2.5-fold greater risk than women with no prior history of preterm birth. Prophylactic methods for prevention of preterm birth, including tocolytic drugs, bed rest, and other interventions such as cerclage, have been shown in most studies to be ineffective. One of the preventive measures that has shown effectiveness in randomized trials is the use of progesterone agents.9,10 Progesterone has been shown to support gestation and to inhibit uterine activity.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
1,740
1 mL intramuscular injection every week until 36 weeks, 6 days of gestation or delivery, whichever occurs first.
Weekly intramuscular injections of 1 mL vehicle inert oil until 36 weeks, 6 days of gestation or delivery, whichever occurs first.
Drug Research & Analysis Corporation
Montgomery, Alabama, United States
Tucson Medical Center (Watching Over Mothers and Babies Foundation)
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Grossmont Center for Clinical Research
La Mesa, California, United States
Naval Medical Center San Diego - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
San Diego, California, United States
Womens Health Specialists
West Hills, California, United States
Preterm Birth <35 Weeks Gestation
Determine if treatment with 17P reduces the rate of preterm birth \< 35 weeks, 0 days of gestation in women with a previous singleton spontaneous preterm delivery.
Time frame: Up to 35 weeks
Neonatal Composite Index (NCI)
The composite index is defined as a liveborn neonate with any of the following occurring at any time during the birth hospitalization up through discharge from the NICU: neonatal death, grade 3 or 4 intraventricular hemorrhage, respiratory distress syndrome, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, necrotizing enterocolitis or proven sepsis.
Time frame: Until 28 days of life or discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), whichever occurred later.
Fetal/Early Infant Death
Defined as spontaneous abortion/miscarriage (delivery from 16 weeks 0 days through 19 weeks 6 days of gestation) or neonatal death occurring in liveborns born at less than 24 weeks gestation or stillbirth (antepartum or intrapartum death from 20 weeks gestation through term), in the 17P group compared to the vehicle group
Time frame: Delivery from 16 weeks 0 days through 19 weeks 6 days of gestation; or neonatal death occurring in liveborns born at less than 24 weeks gestation; or stillbirth (antepartum or intrapartum death) from 20 weeks gestation through term).
Preterm Birth Prior to 32 Weeks Gestation
Time frame: Up to 32 weeks
Preterm Birth Prior to 37 Weeks Gestation
Time frame: Up to 37 weeks
Stillbirths
Defined as all stillbirths/fetal deaths/in utero fetal losses occurring from 20 weeks gestation until term.
Time frame: 20 weeks gestation until term
Neonatal Deaths With ≥24 Weeks Gestational Age
Neonatal death (from minutes after birth until 28 days of life) occurring in liveborns born at 24 weeks gestation or greater
Time frame: Until 28 days of life or discharge from the NICU whichever occurred later.
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Women's Associates, P.C.
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Red Rocks OB/GYN - Physician's Research Options, LLC
Lakewood, Colorado, United States
Visions Clinical Research
Boynton Beach, Florida, United States
Palm Beach Obstetrics & Gynecology, PA (Altus Research)
Lake Worth, Florida, United States
Global OB/GYN Centers
Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States
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