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The purpose of the study is to determine whether a daily dose of 200 mg progesterone administered vaginally from 20-23 to 34 weeks' gestation will reduce the rate of preterm delivery amongst twin pregnancies.


Clinical Trial Description

Multiple gestations account for 2% of all pregnancies, but cause more than 10% of the cases of preterm delivery. Due to increasing maternal age and use of assisted reproduction the number of multiple gestations is larger than ever. If markers of preterm delivery can be identified and means of preventing preterm delivery are found, it will be possible to reduce the number of children admitted to hospital because of prematurity.

Recently, two larger randomised studies investigated the effect of progesterone in singleton pregnancies of women who had previously delivered preterm. They both found a significant reduction in the preterm delivery rate in the progesterone group compared to a placebo group.

The study will be performed as a randomized, double-blind placebo controlled study of twin pregnancies in Denmark and Austria. The women will be randomised in a 1:1 ratio to two groups (progesterone versus placebo). Randomisation will be stratified per centre and according to chorionicity, as the risk of preterm delivery is doubled in monochorionic twins compared to dichorionic twins. ;


Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention


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NCT number NCT00329914
Study type Interventional
Source Rigshospitalet, Denmark
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Status Completed
Phase Phase 2
Start date June 2006
Completion date September 2010

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