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UNKNOWN
PHASE2/PHASE3
312 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2017-02-21
2019-03-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Randomized controlled trials in singleton pregnancies reported that profilatic cervical cerclage and vaginal progesterone reduce significantly the rate of early preterm birth. In twin pregnancies, vaginal progesterone and profilatic cerclage have been shown to be ineffective in prevention of preterm birth.
However, two individual pacient data meta-analyses reported in a subgroup of women with twin pregancies and short cervix, that vaginal progesterone reduce significantly adverse neonatal outcomes. Nowadays, the effet of cervical pessary is contraditory, mainly in women with short cervix.
This is a randomized prospective trial at São Paulo University Medical School. This trial will involve 312 women with twins pregnancies and short cervix between 16 and 27 weeks and 6 days of gestacional age. Women with twin pregnancy and short cervix ( defined according to the gestacional age ) will be assigned randomly to daily vaginal progesterone (400mg) combined with insertion of cervical pessary, isolated use of daily vaginal progesterone (400mg) isolated insertion of cervical pessary or expectant management (no intervention). The primary outcome is to compare the rate of spontaneous delivery \< 34 weeks of gestacion between groups.The secondary outcome is to compare the neonatal adverse outcome between the groups.
The aim of this study is to test the hypothesis that the insertion of a cervical pessary combined with vaginal progesterone, in twin pregnancies with short cervix would reduce the spontaneus preterm birth \< 34 weeks' gestation.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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Progesterone
400 mg micronized vaginal progesterone daily from randomization to 36 weeks
Vaginal Progesterone
Treatment with 400 mg micronized progesterone daily, until the day of randomization to 36 weeks of pregnancy.
Arabin Pessary and Progesterone
Arabin Pessary and Natural Micronized Progesterone
400 mg micronized vaginal progesterone daily from randomization to 36 weeks
The device will be placed at randomization and will be removed during the 36th week of gestacional (or earlier if indicated) in combination with vaginal progesterone.
Arabin Pessary and Progesterone
Arabin Pessary and Progesterone The cervical pessary will be inserted at the randomization and removed during the 36 week of pregnancy, unless labour occurs sooner. Treatment with 400 mg Micronized progesterone daily, until the day of randomization to 36 weeks of pregnancy.
Arabin Pessary
The device will be placed at randomization and will be removed during the 36th week of gestacional (or earlier if indicated) without vaginal progesterone use.
Arabin Pessary
The cervical pessary will be inserted at the randomization and removed during the 36 week of pregnancy, unless labour occurs sooner.
No intervention
Expectant management
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Arabin Pessary
The cervical pessary will be inserted at the randomization and removed during the 36 week of pregnancy, unless labour occurs sooner.
Vaginal Progesterone
Treatment with 400 mg micronized progesterone daily, until the day of randomization to 36 weeks of pregnancy.
Arabin Pessary and Progesterone
Arabin Pessary and Progesterone The cervical pessary will be inserted at the randomization and removed during the 36 week of pregnancy, unless labour occurs sooner. Treatment with 400 mg Micronized progesterone daily, until the day of randomization to 36 weeks of pregnancy.
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Both fetuses alive
* Asymptomatic short cervix according to gestational age ( measurement less or equal 30 mm between 16 weeks + 0 day and 22 weeks + 0 day, less or equal 25 mm between 22 weeks + 1 day and 24 weeks + 0 day and less or equal 20 mm between 24 weeks + 1 day and 27 weeks + 6 days)
* Gestational age between 16 to 27weeks and 6 days
* Intact membranes
* Informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
* Twin Twin transfusion syndrome
* Rupture membranes
* Major malformation or chromosomal abnormality at least one fetus
* Women with Cervical cerclage in the current pregnancy
* Ballooning of membranes outside the cervix into the vagina
* Placenta previa
* Treatment with progesterone before randomization
* Allergy of the excipientes of the micronized progesterone
* Labor
* Severe hepatic disfunction, porphyria, otosclerosis, severe depression
* Use of drugs that interfere the effects of progesterone
16 Years
50 Years
FEMALE
No
Sponsors
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Mario Henrique Burlacchini de Carvalho
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Mario Henrique Burlacchini de Carvalho
Professor Doutor
Principal Investigators
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Mario Henrique Burlacchini de Carvalho, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Hospital das Clínicas Universidade de São Paulo
Locations
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Hospital das Clinicas da FMUSP
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Mario Henrique Burlacchini de Carvalho, PhD
Role: CONTACT
Facility Contacts
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References
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Kindinger LM, Poon LC, Cacciatore S, MacIntyre DA, Fox NS, Schuit E, Mol BW, Liem S, Lim AC, Serra V, Perales A, Hermans F, Darzi A, Bennett P, Nicolaides KH, Teoh TG. The effect of gestational age and cervical length measurements in the prediction of spontaneous preterm birth in twin pregnancies: an individual patient level meta-analysis. BJOG. 2016 May;123(6):877-84. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.13575. Epub 2015 Sep 1.
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Other Identifiers
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1.847.411
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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