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Clinical Trials/NCT03935152
NCT03935152CompletedPhase 4

Oral Dydrogesterone as Adjunctive Therapy in the Management of Preterm Labor: A Randomized, Double Blinded, Placebo-controlled Trial

Chulalongkorn University1 site in 1 country48 target enrollmentStarted: May 11, 2019Last updated:
Conditions
Interventions
Drugs

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Phase 4
Status
Completed
Enrollment
48
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
latency period

Study Overview

Brief Summary

This study evaluates the addition of oral dydrogesterone to standard treatment in the treatment of preterm labor. Half of participants will receive oral dydrogesterone and standard treatment, while the other half will receive oral placebo and standard treatment.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to 45 Years (Adult)
Sex
Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Inclusion Criteria

  • singleton pregnancy with gestational age 24-33 weeks 6 days
  • preterm labor
  • received treatment with tocolysis and corticosteroids

Exclusion Criteria

  • conditions that need immediate delivery such as fetal distress, chorioamnionitis
  • have medical complications such as heart disease, seizure
  • fetal anomalies
  • cervical dilatation more than 5 cm
  • allergy to dydrogesterone

Arms & Interventions

Dydrogesterone

Active Comparator

dydrogesterone 10 mg by mouth every 8 hours until delivery

Intervention: Dydrogesterone (Drug)

Placebo

Placebo Comparator

placebo by mouth every 8 hours until delivery

Intervention: placebo (Drug)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

latency period

Time Frame: 13 weeks

time from preterm labor to delivery

Secondary Outcomes

  • compliance(13 weeks)
  • preterm delivery less than 34 weeks(10 weeks)
  • Time to the recurrence of uterine contractions(13 weeks)
  • neonatal complications(13 weeks)
  • satisfaction(13 weeks)
  • preterm delivery less than 37 weeks(13 weeks)
  • side effects(13 weeks)

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Other
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Vorapong Phupong

Professor

Chulalongkorn University

Study Sites (1)

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