Comparison Between Natural Progesterone and Vaginal Pessary for the Prevention of Spontaneous Preterm Birth

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2020-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness between the cervical pessary and the natural progesterone in reduction of preterm birth rates in pregnant women with a uterine cervical length of 25 mm or less evaluated by transvaginal ultrasonography.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo
• Treatments: Progesterone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• gestational age between 20 weeks and 23 weeks and 6 days

• singleton pregnancies

Exclusion Criteria:

• no confirmation of the gestational age

• ruptured membranes

• painful regular uterine contractions

• major fetal abnormalities