This study evaluates the addition of vaginal progesterone in the management of preterm labor. Half of participants will receive vaginal progesterone, tocolysis and corticosteroid, while the other half will receive only tocolysis and corticosteroid.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
90
vaginal utrogestan
tocolysis for 48 hours
antenatal corticosteroids for 48 hours
Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok, Thailand
Time from preterm labor pain to delivery
time since preterm labor to delivery
Time frame: 9 weeks
gestational age at delivery
gestational age at birth
Time frame: 9 weeks
number of pregnant women deliver before 34 weeks
preterm birth \< 34 weeks
Time frame: 6 weeks
number of pregnant women deliver before 37 weeks
preterm birth \< 37 weeks
Time frame: 9 weeks
Number of newborn with respiratory distress syndrome
Number of newborn with respiratory distress syndrome
Time frame: 9 weeks
Number of newborn with intraventricular hemorrhage
Number of newborn with intraventricular hemorrhage
Time frame: 9 weeks
Number of newborn with necrotizing enterocolitis
Number of newborn with necrotizing enterocolitis
Time frame: 9 weeks
Number of newborn with sepsis
Number of newborn with sepsis
Time frame: 9 weeks
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