Low Dose Prednisone Therapy in Women With Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

Summary

For many years there is a lack of large randomized controlled trials that study the effect of low dose prednisone in women with RPL and thus the evidence of a probable efficacy of prednisone in RPL women remains limited and unclear. As the ESHRE recommended in 2018 (2) we aim to assess the effect of such treatment in a large trial that includes unexplained and abnormal autoimmune profile RPL patients. we also aim to assess the side effects of the treatment in RPL pregnant women.

Timeline

Start

2020-12

Primary completion

2021-07

Completion

2021-10

Publications

• Background ESHRE Guideline Group on RPL; Bender Atik R, Christiansen OB, Elson J, Kolte AM, Lewis S, Middeldorp S, Nelen W, Peramo B, Quenby S, Vermeulen N, Goddijn M. ESHRE guideline: recurrent pregnancy loss. Hum Reprod Open. 2018 Apr 6;2018(2):hoy004. doi: 10.1093/hropen/hoy004. eCollection 2018.
• Background (2) Mehta S, Gupta B. Recurrent Pregnancy Loss. 2018 Apr 20,.
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• Background Gabbai D, Harlev A, Friger M, Steiner N, Sergienko R, Kreinin A, Bashiri A. Pregnancy outcomes among patients with recurrent pregnancy loss and uterine anatomic abnormalities. J Perinat Med. 2018 Sep 25;46(7):728-734. doi: 10.1515/jpm-2016-0411. No abstract available.
• Background Kabessa M, Harlev A, Friger M, Sergienko R, Litwak B, Koifman A, Steiner N, Bashiri A. Pregnancy outcomes among patients with recurrent pregnancy loss and chromosomal aberration (CA) without PGD. J Perinat Med. 2018 Sep 25;46(7):764-770. doi: 10.1515/jpm-2016-0408. No abstract available.
• Background El Hachem H, Crepaux V, May-Panloup P, Descamps P, Legendre G, Bouet PE. Recurrent pregnancy loss: current perspectives. Int J Womens Health. 2017 May 17;9:331-345. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S100817. eCollection 2017.
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• Background Hasegawa I, Takakuwa K, Goto S, Yamada K, Sekizuka N, Kanazawa K, Tanaka K. Effectiveness of prednisolone/aspirin therapy for recurrent aborters with antiphospholipid antibody. Hum Reprod. 1992 Feb;7(2):203-7. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a137617.
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• Background Gomaa MF, Elkholy AG, El-Said MM, Abdel-Salam NE. Combined oral prednisolone and heparin versus heparin: the effect on peripheral NK cells and clinical outcome in patients with unexplained recurrent miscarriage. A double-blind placebo randomized controlled trial. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2014 Oct;290(4):757-62. doi: 10.1007/s00404-014-3262-0. Epub 2014 May 13.
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• Background Quenby S, Farquharson R, Young M, Vince G. Successful pregnancy outcome following 19 consecutive miscarriages: case report. Hum Reprod. 2003 Dec;18(12):2562-4. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deg502.
• Background Tang AW, Alfirevic Z, Turner MA, Drury JA, Small R, Quenby S. A feasibility trial of screening women with idiopathic recurrent miscarriage for high uterine natural killer cell density and randomizing to prednisolone or placebo when pregnant. Hum Reprod. 2013 Jul;28(7):1743-52. doi: 10.1093/humrep/det117. Epub 2013 Apr 12.
• Background Tempfer CB, Kurz C, Bentz EK, Unfried G, Walch K, Czizek U, Huber JC. A combination treatment of prednisone, aspirin, folate, and progesterone in women with idiopathic recurrent miscarriage: a matched-pair study. Fertil Steril. 2006 Jul;86(1):145-8. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.12.035. Epub 2006 May 23.
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