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Status unknownNCT03267771Updated Sep 8, 2017

Progesterone and Doppler in Recurrent Abortion

A Phase 4 interventional study of Progesterone Suppositories Vaginal and Dydrogesterone Oral Tablet in Abortion in First Trimester, sponsored by Assiut University. Status unknown at 1 site in Egypt. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 35 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-09-08.

Sponsored by Assiut University · Phase 4, Interventional, and Prevention

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Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
50
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 35 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

Recurrent pregnancy loss is classically defined as the occurrence of three or more consecutive pregnancy loss. The American Society of Reproductive Medicine has recently redefined recurrent pregnancy loss as two or more pregnancy losses. A pregnancy loss is defined as a clinically-recognized pregnancy means that the pregnancy has been visualized on an ultrasound or that pregnancy tissue was identified after a pregnancy loss.

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Spontaneous pregnancy loss is a surprisingly common occurrence. Whereas approximately 15% of all clinically recognized pregnancies result in spontaneous loss, there are many more pregnancies that fail prior to being clinically recognized. Only 30% of all conceptions result in a live birth.

Although no reliable published data have estimated the probability of finding an etiology for recurrent pregnancy loss in a population with 2 versus 3 or more miscarriages, the best available data suggest that the risk of miscarriage in subsequent pregnancies is 30% after 2 losses, compared with 33% after 3 losses among patients without a history of a live birth. This strongly suggests a role for evaluation after just 2 losses in patients with no prior live births. An earlier evaluation may be further indicated if fetal cardiac activity was identified prior to a loss .

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Conditions studied

  • Abortion in First Trimester
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In context

Lead sponsor

Assiut University is the lead sponsor of 5,078 studies on the registry; 2,178 are open to participants now.

Of its 14 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 0 (0%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 35 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  1. pregnant 7-12 weeks documented by pregnancy test \&/or ultrasaound.
  2. History of at least 2 prior spontaneous abortion before 12 weeks of gestation.
  3. Age: 18-35 years
  4. Willing and able to give .
  5. Rh +ve patient
  6. : 18-32
  7. Viable pregnancy through the detection of fetal pulsations by ultrasound
  8. Singleton pregnancy
  9. Apparently stable pregnancy (no history of vaginal bleeding in this current pregnancy or signs of sac separation in ultrasound)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients diagnosed to have Anti-phospholipid syndrome or another recognised thrombophilic or conditions.
  2. Pregnant > 12 weeks.
  3. to progesterone use.
  4. Diabetic patients, have glucose intolerance.
  5. Multiple pregnancies.
  6. Thyroid disorder
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(4)

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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
50 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    progesterone suppositories vaginal group

    vaginal micronized progesterone suppositories (prontogest®) 400 mg, one vaginal suppository twice daily through 18 weeks of gestation.

    Drug: Progesterone Suppositories Vaginal · Device: doppler ultrasound

  • Experimental
    Dydrogesterone oral tablets group

    20 mg tablets (Duphaston ®), 2 tablets orally twice daily through 18 weeks of gestation.

    Drug: Dydrogesterone Oral Tablet · Device: doppler ultrasound

Interventions

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. number of Live births after 28 weeks of gestation

    Live births that survive and continue beyond 28 weeks of gestation

    Time frame: 28 weeks gestation

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of patients who Tolerable with the treatment

    efficacy of treatment on patients

    Time frame: 12 weeks

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Study locations

1 site
  • Gehad Elsherief
    Assiut, Egypt
    • gehad elsherief · Contact
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References and documents

Publications

  • Macklon NS, Geraedts JP, Fauser BC. Conception to ongoing pregnancy: the 'black box' of early pregnancy loss. Hum Reprod Update. 2002 Jul-Aug;8(4):333-43. doi: 10.1093/humupd/8.4.333. PubMed 12206468 ↗
  • Sotiriadis A, Papatheodorou S, Makrydimas G. Threatened miscarriage: evaluation and management. BMJ. 2004 Jul 17;329(7458):152-5. doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.152. No abstract available. PubMed 15258071 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 8, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03267771
Lead sponsor
Assiut University
Responsible party
GKElsherief (prinicipal investigator, Assiut University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 30, 2017
Start date
Oct 1, 2017 (estimated)
Primary completion
Aug 5, 2019 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 5, 2019 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 8, 2017

Study contacts

Ahmed Ibrahim
Contact
ahmedibrahimhas@yahoo.com
01000024321
Hesham Abu taleb
Contact
Hishamaboutaleb1@yahoo.com
01003332139

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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