Oral Dydrogesterone in the Management of Preterm Labor

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.

Timeline

Start

2019-05-11

Primary completion

2020-05-31

Completion

2020-05-31

Publications

• Background American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' Committee on Practice Bulletins-Obstetrics. Practice Bulletin No. 171: Management of Preterm Labor. Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Oct;128(4):e155-64. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001711.
• Background Blencowe H, Cousens S, Chou D, Oestergaard M, Say L, Moller AB, Kinney M, Lawn J; Born Too Soon Preterm Birth Action Group. Born too soon: the global epidemiology of 15 million preterm births. Reprod Health. 2013;10 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S2. doi: 10.1186/1742-4755-10-S1-S2. Epub 2013 Nov 15.
• Background Norwitz ER, Caughey AB. Progesterone supplementation and the prevention of preterm birth. Rev Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Summer;4(2):60-72.
• Background Yasuda K, Sumi GI, Murata H, Kida N, Kido T, Okada H. The steroid hormone dydrogesterone inhibits myometrial contraction independently of the progesterone/progesterone receptor pathway. Life Sci. 2018 Aug 15;207:508-515. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2018.07.004. Epub 2018 Jul 4.
• Background Schindler AE, Campagnoli C, Druckmann R, Huber J, Pasqualini JR, Schweppe KW, Thijssen JH. Classification and pharmacology of progestins. Maturitas. 2008 Sep-Oct;61(1-2):171-80. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2008.11.013.
• Results Borna S, Sahabi N. Progesterone for maintenance tocolytic therapy after threatened preterm labour: a randomised controlled trial. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2008 Feb;48(1):58-63. doi: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2007.00803.x.
• Results Arikan I, Barut A, Harma M, Harma IM. Effect of progesterone as a tocolytic and in maintenance therapy during preterm labor. Gynecol Obstet Invest. 2011;72(4):269-73. doi: 10.1159/000328719. Epub 2011 Nov 12.
• Results Choudhary M, Suneja A, Vaid NB, Guleria K, Faridi MM. Maintenance tocolysis with oral micronized progesterone for prevention of preterm birth after arrested preterm labor. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2014 Jul;126(1):60-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.01.019. Epub 2014 Apr 3.
• Results Areeruk W, Phupong V. A randomized, double blinded, placebo controlled trial of oral dydrogesterone supplementation in the management of preterm labor. Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 9;6:20638. doi: 10.1038/srep20638.
• Thongchan S, Phupong V. Oral dydrogesterone as an adjunctive therapy in the management of preterm labor: a randomized, double blinded, placebo-controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021 Jan 28;21(1):90. doi: 10.1186/s12884-021-03562-6.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.