Progesterone to Prevent Preterm Delivery

Preterm Birth Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Double Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial of Early Use of Oral Progesterone in All Women for Prevention of Preterm Delivery in Singleton Pregnancy (SINPRO Study)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03428685
• Other study ID #: UW 17-308
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• Start date: January 15, 2019
• Est. completion date: January 2023

Study information

• Verified date: April 2019
• Source: The University of Hong Kong
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Preterm birth (PTB) is a major challenge to perinatal health. It is defined as delivery before 37 completed gestational weeks. It accounts for 75% of perinatal deaths and more than 50% of long-term neurological disabilities, and it is the second most common cause of death in children under the age of 5 year. Neonates born preterm are at risk of respiratory distress syndrome, chronic lung disease, retinopathy of prematurity, necrotizing enterocolitis, intraventricular haemorrhage and sepsis in the short term, as well as cerebral palsy, motor and sensory impairment, learning difficulties, and increased risk of chronic disease in long run. It is estimated that the societal cost of PTB is $26 billion annually in the USA alone.

Until now, prevention or reduction of PTB is based on identification of risk factors in obstetrical history, biochemical markers and short cervix. History of PTB and asymptomatic short cervix at the second trimester are both strong predictors for PTB. In women with asymptomatic short cervix at the second trimester, vaginal progesterone could effectively reduce PTB. Universal cervical length screening followed by treatment with vaginal progesterone has been shown to be the most cost effective strategy in preventing PTB. These findings were confirmed in meta-analysis.

Nevertheless, only minority of women may benefit from progesterone treatment if it was being started at the second trimester. There is still a large proportion of PTB, which is currently not preventable, and the current approach to prevent PTB is far from ideal.

One possible hypothesis is that the initiation of progesterone treatment would be too late for its effect to take place. Therefore, we decide to use oral progesterone in the current study. The objective of the study is to determine whether early use of progesterone can prevent PTB better when compared with universal screening of cervical length and followed by treatment with progesterone in those with short cervix.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 1714
• Est. completion date: January 2023
• Est. primary completion date: January 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All women age = 18 years old

• Confirmed intrauterine singleton pregnancy

• Gestational age less than 14 completed weeks as defined by pelvic ultrasound

Exclusion Criteria:

• Silent miscarriage: mean gestational sac diameter =25 mm without fetal pole, or embryo with crown rump length =7 mm and no heartbeat, or no interval growth

• Suspected ectopic pregnancy

• Multiple pregnancy with silent miscarriage of one twin

• Heavy vaginal bleeding requiring surgical intervention

• Severe abdominal pain requiring surgical intervention

• Presence of fever

• History of adverse reaction to progesterone

• History of breast or genital tract malignancy

• History of suspected thromboembolic disease

• Congenital uterine anomaly

• Unwillingness or inability to comply with study procedures

• Known paternal or maternal abnormal karyotype

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Premature Birth
• Preterm Birth

Intervention

Drug:
• Dydrogesterone Oral Tablet
Oral dysdrogesteone 10mg tds will be prescribed from 12 - 36+6 weeks.
• Placebo Oral Tablet
Placebos will be prescribed from 12 - 36+6 weeks.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Hong Kong	Hong Kong

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The University of Hong Kong

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Rate of preterm delivery		before 37+0 gestational weeks