Oral Versus Parental Progesterone in the Management of Preterm Labor

Assiut University80 enrolled

Overview

Preterm birth, defined as delivery at less than 37 weeks gestation, complicates approximately 12% of pregnancies in the United States Preterm delivery has been, and remains, the most important challenge to modern obstetrics. In 2009, 13 million babies were born preterm, 11 million in Africa and Asia and 500,000 in the USA, The highest rates of preterm birth are in Africa (11.9%) and North America (10.6%)

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Preterm Labor

Interventions

oral progesteroneDRUG

daily

intramuscular progesteroneDRUG

every week

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Past history of one or more spontaneous preterm labor. 2. Singleton pregnancy. 3. Pregnancy of less than 20 weeks of gestation Exclusion Criteria: 1. Women on tocolytic drugs . 2. Underwent cervical cerclage in this pregnancy . 3. Multiple gestations . 4. Major fetal congenital malformations . 5. Pregnancy 0f more than 20 weeks gestation .

Locations (1)

Assiut Faculty of Medicine

Asyut, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

the rate of preterm labor

number of women delivered before 37 weeks

Time frame: 10 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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