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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00141908
Date of registration: 01/09/2005
Primary sponsor: American University of Beirut Medical Center
Public title: Prevention of Preterm Delivery in Twin Pregnancies by 17 Alpha-hydroxyprogesterone Caproate
Scientific title: Prevention of Preterm Delivery in Twin Pregnancies by 17 Alpha-hydroxyprogesterone Caproate
Date of first enrolment: October 2006
Target sample size: 290
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00141908
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)  
Countries of recruitment
Lebanon
Contacts
Name:   Adnan Mroueh, MD
Address: 
Telephone: +961-1-350000
Email: am36@aub.edu.lb
Affiliation: 
Name:   Anwar H Nassar, MD
Address: 
Telephone: +961-1-340460
Email: an21@aub.edu.lb
Affiliation: 
Name:   Anwar H Nassar, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  American University of Beirut Medical Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Viable twin pregnancy

- Current pregnancy between 16 weeks and 20 weeks of gestation

Exclusion Criteria:

- Known fetal anomaly in either twin

- Current or planned cervical cerclage

- Hypertension requiring medication

- Diabetes Mellitus

- Asthma

- History of deep vein thrombosis

- Preexisting cardiac or renal disease

- A seizure disorder

- Plans to deliver elsewhere

- Previous or existing liver tumors

- History of herpes gestationis of pregnancy



Age minimum: 16 Years
Age maximum: 45 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Premature Birth
Intervention(s)
Drug: 17-alpha Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate
Drug: Castor oil
Primary Outcome(s)
The frequency of delivery prior to completed 37 weeks of gestation (259 days). [Time Frame: one year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Birth weight < 1500 grams, Fetal death, antepartum or intrapartum, Neonatal intensive care unit admissions, Respiratory distress syndrome, [Time Frame: 9 months]
Delivery before 35 weeks of gestation, Delivery before 32 weeks of gestation, Admission during current pregnancy for preterm labor, [Time Frame: 9 months]
Need for tocolytic therapy in current pregnancy, Need for corticosteroids to enhance fetal lung maturity, Route of delivery, [Time Frame: 9 months]
Obstetrical complications (antepartum and intrapartum) of pregnancy, Indicated preterm deliveries, Neonatal outcome variables ( Birth weight < 2500 grams, [Time Frame: 9 months]
Secondary ID(s)
OGY.AN.04
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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