Home
Search
Study Topics
Glossary
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sponsored by: |
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) |
---|---|
Information provided by: | Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00059683 |
Pregnant women who have a shortened cervix and have previously had a premature baby are at increased risk for having another premature baby. This study will determine whether reinforcing the cervix with a surgical stitch can reduce the chance of a premature birth.
Condition | Intervention |
---|---|
Labor, Premature |
Procedure: cervical cerclage |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | Vaginal Ultrasound Cerclage Trial |
Estimated Enrollment: | 300 |
Study Start Date: | January 2003 |
Women with a prior early spontaneous preterm birth and a shortened mid-trimester cervical length (less than 25 mm) are at very high risk for having another premature baby. The Vaginal Ultrasound Cerclage Trial is a multicenter, randomized clinical trial designed to determine the efficacy of cerclage (a purse-string suture placed around the uterine cervix) for the prevention of spontaneous preterm birth prior to 35 weeks' gestation. The study will evaluate women at significant risk for recurrent spontaneous preterm birth (those with a prior spontaneous birth at 17 to 32 weeks' gestation) and who have an increased risk based on mid-trimester ultrasound findings of a cervical length less than 25 mm.
The trial will have an observational portion and an interventional portion. In the observational portion, 1,000 women with a history of a spontaneous preterm birth at 17 to 32 weeks' gestation will undergo biweekly vaginal ultrasounds beginning at 16 to 18 weeks' gestation and ending by 22 weeks. Prior research indicates that one third of these women will either have or develop a cervix less than 25 mm long. Women will be seen at a frequency determined by the cervical length (as determined by ultrasound examination starting at 16 weeks' gestation). If cervical length remains greater than 30 mm, the next visits will occur in 2 week intervals until 22.6 weeks' gestation. If the cervical length is 25 mm to 29 mm, the visits will be scheduled weekly. If the cervical length shortens to less than 25 mm, the woman is eligible for randomization, and will undergo one more study visit.
In the interventional portion of the trial, women will be randomized to either cerclage or no cerclage (control group). Randomized women will have weekly contact with a nurse either by phone or in person, whichever is convenient for the woman, until delivery occurs. The woman is followed during the course of her pregnancy and delivery of her infant. Her infant is followed until discharge from the hospital.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 16 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
United States, Alabama | |
University of Alabama at Birmingham | Recruiting |
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35249 | |
Contact: John Owen, MD 205-934-7343 johnowen@uab.edu | |
Contact: Rachel Copper, MSN, CRNP 205-934-4242 rachel.copper@obgyn.uab.edu |
Principal Investigator: | John Owen, MD | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Study ID Numbers: | U01HD39939-01A1 |
Study First Received: | May 1, 2003 |
Last Updated: | June 28, 2007 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00059683 |
Health Authority: | United States: Federal Government |
Preterm Birth Premature Birth Cervical cerclage Vaginal ultrasound Cervical length |
Pregnancy Complications Obstetric Labor, Premature Obstetric Labor Complications Premature Birth |