Vaginal Progesterone to Prevent Preterm Delivery in Women With Preterm Labor

NCT ID: NCT00536003

Last Updated: 2012-06-06

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

384 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-07-31

Study Completion Date

2012-12-31

Brief Summary

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The administration of vaginal progesterone, in addition to standard tocolysis, will decrease the risk of delivering prematurely and of recurrent preterm labor. We also hypothesize that the reduction in preterm delivery will be associated with a decrease in infant mortality and morbidity.

Detailed Description

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The principal aim is to demonstrate that progesterone reduces preterm birth before 37 weeks of gestation. Secondary aims are to show that progesterone 1) reduces preterm birth before 32 and before 34 weeks of gestation 2) reduces the number and duration of recurring episodes of preterm labor and 3) reduces infant mortality and morbidity.

Conditions

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Preterm Delivery Morbidity Perinatal Mortality

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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1

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

progesterone

Intervention Type DRUG

vaginal capsules containing 200 mg of natural progesterone, once a day, until 36 6/7 weeks of gestation or until preterm delivery (whichever occurs first).

2

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

vaginal capsules containing placebo, once a day, until 36 6/7 weeks of gestation or until preterm delivery (whichever occurs first).

Interventions

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progesterone

vaginal capsules containing 200 mg of natural progesterone, once a day, until 36 6/7 weeks of gestation or until preterm delivery (whichever occurs first).

Intervention Type DRUG

placebo

vaginal capsules containing placebo, once a day, until 36 6/7 weeks of gestation or until preterm delivery (whichever occurs first).

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Utrogestan

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Gestational age between 240/7 et 336/7 weeks of gestation (based on a reliable estimate by ultrasound performed before 22 weeks)
* Singleton pregnancy
* Intact membranes
* Preterm labor defined as:

* 2 or more regular and painful uterine contractions in 10 minutes plus one or plus of the following criteria:
* short cervix detected by vaginal ultrasound scanning (cervical length less than 30 mm until 31 weeks and less than 25 mm from 32 weeks)
* cervical changes detected clinically (cervical length less or equal 10 mm or Bishop score less than 6
* cervical changes during hospitalization (more or equal 5 mm between two clinical or US exams)
* positive fetal fibronectin
* Age ≥ 18 years old
* Signed informed consent
* Possible and accepted follow-up

Exclusion Criteria

* Multiple gestation
* Cervical cerclage
* Hydramnios (AFI \>95th percentile for gestational age or greatest pocket \>8 cm)
* Premature rupture of membranes
* Chorioamnionitis (criteria for clinical diagnosis are: elevated WBC, elevated CRP, maternal tachycardia, fetal tachycardia, uterine tenderness and/or amniotic fluid foul odor)
* Cervical dilatation \> 3 cm
* Placenta praevia or abruptio placentae
* Intra-uterine growth restriction or non-reassuring fetal status
* Pre-eclampsia or severe hypertension
* Any other maternal or fetal pathology which should indicate medically preterm delivery
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Basel Women's University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Zurich

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Kantonsspital Graubuenden

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Luzerner Kantonsspital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Kantonsspital Winterthur KSW

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Besins Laboratory, Belgium

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Bernardino Rivadavia Buenos Aires

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Carlos G. Durand Buenos Aires

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

CEMIC Buenos Aires

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Donación Francisco Santojanni

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital General de Agudos "Dr. Cosme Argerich"

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Dr. T. Alvarez Buenos Aires

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital J. M. Penna Buenos Aires

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Materno Infantil Ramón Sardá

NETWORK

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Interzonal Alberto Antranik Eurnekian, provincia Buenos Aires

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Municipal Materno Infantil Comodoro Hugo Cesar Meisner, provincia Buenos Aires

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Comunal de Tigre, provincia Buenos Aires

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Dr. Arturo Oñativia, provincia Buenos Aires

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Dr. Carlos Bocalandro, provincia Buenos Aires

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Héroes de Malvinas, provincia Buenos Aires

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Provincial Magdalena V. de Martínez

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Mariano y Luciano de la Vega, provincia Buenos Aires

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Municipal Ostaciana B. de Lavignolle, provincia Buenos Aires

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Materno Infantil de San Isidro, provincia Buenos Aires

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Virgen del Carmen, provincia Buenos Aires

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital J. B. Iturraspe, Santa Fe

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Maternidad Nuestra Señora De Las Mercedes, Tucumán

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Materno Infantil San Roque, Entre Ríos

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Villa Dolores, Córdoba

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

begoña Martinez de Tejada

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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begoña Martinez de Tejada

MD, PhD

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Begona Martinez de Tejada, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital, Geneva

Locations

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Hospital Interzonal Alberto Antranik Eurnekian

Buenos Aires, Alem 349, Ezeiza, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Site Status

Hospital Carlos G. Durand

Buenos Aires, Av. Diaz Velez 5044, Cuidad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Site Status

Instituto Universitario CEMIC

Buenos Aires, Av. E. Galván 4102, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Site Status

Hospital Bernardino Rivadavia

Buenos Aires, Av. Las Heras 2670, Cuidad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Site Status

Hospital Mariano y Luciano de la Vega

Buenos Aires, Av. Libertador 710, Moreno, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Site Status

Hospital Maternidad Nuestra Señora De Las Mercedes

Buenos Aires, Av. Mate de Luna 1555, Provincia de Tucumán, Argentina

Site Status

Hospital Villa Dolores

Buenos Aires, Belgrano 1500, Villa Dolores, Provincia de Códoba, Argentina

Site Status

Hospital J. B. Iturraspe

Buenos Aires, Bvd. Pellegrini 3551, Provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina

Site Status

Hospital Comunal de Tigre

Buenos Aires, Casareto 118, Tigre, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Site Status

Hospital Materno Infantil de San Isidro

Buenos Aires, Diego Palma 505, San Isidro, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Site Status

Hospital Virgen del Carmen

Buenos Aires, Dr. Félix Pagola 1502, Zárate, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Site Status

Hospital Dr. T. Alvarez

Buenos Aires, Dr. Juan Felipe Aranguren 2701, Cuidad Autónoma de B.A., Argentina

Site Status

Hospital Materno Infantil Ramón Sardá

Buenos Aires, Esteban de Luca 2151, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Site Status

Hospital Municipal Materno Infantil Comodoro Meisner

Buenos Aires, Iparaguirre Nº 239, Pte. Derqui, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Site Status

Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, Juan D. Perón 4190, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Site Status

Hospital Materno Infantil San Roque

Buenos Aires, La Paz 435, Provincia de Entre Ríos, Argentina

Site Status

Hospital Municipal Ostaciana B. de Lavignolle

Buenos Aires, Monte 848, Morón, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Site Status

Hospital J. M. Penna

Buenos Aires, Pedro Chutro 3380, Cuidad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Site Status

Hospital Donación Francisco Santojanni

Buenos Aires, Pilar 950, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Hospital Dr. Cosme Argerich

Buenos Aires, Py Y Margall 750, Cuidad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Site Status

Hospital Dr. Arturo Oñativia

Buenos Aires, Ramón Carillo 1339, Rafael Calzada, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Site Status

Hospital Héroes de Malvinas

Buenos Aires, Ricardo Balbín 1910, Merlo, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Site Status

Hospital Magdalena V. de Martínez

Buenos Aires, Rura 9 Constituyentes 395, Gral, Pacheco, Provincia de B.A., Argentina

Site Status

Hospital Dr. Carlos Bocalandro

Buenos Aires, Ruta 8Km. 20,5 N°9100, Loma Hermosa, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Site Status

Universitäts-Frauenklinik Kantonespital Basel

Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Site Status

Universitätsfrauenklinik Bern

Bern, Canton of Bern, Switzerland

Site Status

Maternity of the University Hospital of Geneva

Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland

Site Status

Frauenklinik Kantonspital Luzern

Lucerne, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland

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Frauenklinik Kantonspital St Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland

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University Hospital Zürich

Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

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Kantonales Frauenspital Chur

Chur, Chur, Switzerland

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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

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Frauenklinik Kantonspital Winterthur

Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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Argentina Switzerland

References

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Martinez de Tejada B, Karolinski A, Ocampo MC, Laterra C, Hosli I, Fernandez D, Surbek D, Huespe M, Drack G, Bunader A, Rouillier S, Lopez de Degani G, Seidenstein E, Prentl E, Anton J, Krahenmann F, Nowacki D, Poncelas M, Nassif JC, Papera R, Tuma C, Espoile R, Tiberio O, Breccia G, Messina A, Peker B, Schinner E, Mol BW, Kanterewicz L, Wainer V, Boulvain M, Othenin-Girard V, Bertolino MV, Irion O; 4P trial group. Prevention of preterm delivery with vaginal progesterone in women with preterm labour (4P): randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial. BJOG. 2015 Jan;122(1):80-91. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.13061. Epub 2014 Sep 11.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 25209926 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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matped 04-001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CER: 04-196

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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