A Trial of Pessary and Progesterone for Preterm Prevention in Twin Gestation With a Short Cervix
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Official title
A Randomized Trial of Pessary and Progesterone for Preterm Prevention in Twin Gestation With a Short Cervix
Brief summary
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This protocol outlines a randomized trial of 630 women evaluating the use of micronized vaginal progesterone or pessary versus control (placebo) to prevent early preterm birth in women carrying twins and with a cervical length of less than 30 millimeters.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02518594
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 1,311 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- Not listed
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Nov 13, 2015 (Actual)
- Primary completion
- Dec 15, 2024 (Actual)
- Completion
- Feb 18, 2025 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Jun 25, 2026
2015 – 2025
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 16
- U.S. states
- 11
- U.S. cities
- 15
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alabama - Birmingham | Birmingham | Alabama | 35294 | — |
| The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco | San Francisco | California | — | — |
| University of Colorado | Denver | Colorado | 80045 | — |
| Northwestern University-Prentice Hospital | Chicago | Illinois | 60611 | — |
| Columbia University | New York | New York | 10032 | — |
| University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | North Carolina | 27599 | — |
| Duke University | Durham | North Carolina | 27710 | — |
| Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland | Ohio | 44109 | — |
| Ohio State University | Columbus | Ohio | 43210 | — |
| Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19104 | — |
| Magee Women's Hospital | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15213 | — |
| Brown University | Providence | Rhode Island | 02905 | — |
| University of Texas - Galveston | Galveston | Texas | 77555 | — |
| University of Texas - Houston | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Houston | Texas | — | — |
| University of Utah Medical Center | Salt Lake City | Utah | 84132 | — |
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Jun 25, 2026 · Synced Oct 21, 2026
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