Impact of Antichlamydial Treatment on the Rate of Preeclampsia

Summary

This randomized, double blinded controlled trial included 1200 healthy primigravidae who attended an outpatient clinic at 16-20weeks of pregnancy. All women were randomly divided equally into two groups, group A(600 women) who received antichlamydial treatment in the form of azithromycin 1 gram single oral dose before 20 weeks of pregnancy and group B (600 women) who received no treatment(placebo). All participants were followed up for up to 6 weeks postpartum and observed for the development of preeclampsia.

Timeline

Start

2016-07-01

Primary completion

2018-08-01

Completion

2018-08-01

Drugs

Indications