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Prevention of premature birth by Nifedipine alone or with Indomethacin

A comparative study on the efficacy of nifedipine/Indomethacin combination and nifedipine monotherapy for prevention of preterm birth in Sudanese pregnant women

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
PACTR
Registry ID
PACTR202004681537890
Enrollment
346
Registered
2020-04-16
Start date
2020-06-20
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

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Conditions

Pregnancy and Childbirth

Interventions

nifedipine monotherapy
Indomethacin and Nifedipine combination therapy

Sponsors

Mohammed Haider Hassan Ibrahim
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Women, aged =18 years, who diagnosed as threatened preterm labor patient And their gestational age is between 25 and 34 weeks are eligible for this trial participation. The diagnosis of threatened preterm labor is defined by uterine contractions, at least 3 contractions per 30 minutes, and one of the following: 1- a cervical length of =10 mm or 2) a cervical length of 11-30 mm 3- ruptured amniotic membranes. Patients with singleton or twin pregnancies are eligible, Any fetus position will be included.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Any condition considered as contra-indication for tocolysis (i.e hypertension or use of anti-hypertensive medication, signs of fetal distress or intrauterine infection, severe vaginal bleeding, myocardial infarction (less than1 month), unstable angina pectoris), more than 5 cm cervical dilatation, cerclage, suspicion in neonatal chromosomal or structural anomalies and tocolytic treatment for more than 6 hours prior to arrival in a participating hospital.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The primary outcome will be an estimation of the tocolytic efficacy and safety profile of the tocolytic therapies Indomethacin/Nifedipine combination versus Nifedipine monotherapy on delivering mother, which will be assessed in terms of the proportion of women who will not deliver and who will not need an alternate tocolytic medication within 48 hours after the first administration of the study drug. Safety assessment will be by assessing maternal associated adverse effects that included maternal tachycardia (i.e. heart rate above 120 beats per minute), hypotension (i.e. systolic blood pressure less than 90 mm Hg), other symptoms like palpitations, headache, nausea, vomiting, itching, and rash.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To estimate associated neonatal morbidity and mortality may associate with the tocolytic therapies Indomethacin/Nifedipine combination versus Nifedipine monotherapy which includes gestational age at delivery and neonatal morbidity and mortality related to prematurity (lung diseases, severe intraventricular hemorrhage, periventricular leukomalacia, sepsis, necrotizing enterocolitis), gestational age at delivery. That will be assessed until discharge from the hospital or neonatal death.

Countries

Sudan

Contacts

Public ContactSomia Khalfalla

Associate Professor Of Obstetric and Gynecology

somiakhalafallah@gmail.com+249901847380

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026