Pregnancy RatePhase 3NCT05467852
Didroxyprogesterone Promotes Natural Pregnancy in Infertile Patients With Endometriosis
A Phase 3 study testing didroxyprogesterone in people with Pregnancy Rate, run by Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University.
Trial summary
Endometriosis (EM) is an important cause of infertility in women of childbearing age. Laparoscopic surgery is the treatment of EM Related infertility is an important method. However, excluding other infertility factors, the natural pregnancy rate of EM patients one year after operation is still significantly lower… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 22 to 35 years, women only
- Conditions the study is for
- Pregnancy Rate
- What is being tested?
- didroxyprogesterone
- Type of treatment
- Pill or oral medicine
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 300 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- 10 Dec 2022to 10 Dec 2025
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 22 to 35 years
- Women only
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- Women aged ≥ 22 years and ≤ 35 years, diagnosed as infertility and with reproductive needs;
- BMI：18.5-27.9kg/m2；
- The menstrual cycle in recent half a year is 21-35 days;
- Laparoscopic surgery was performed in certain hospitals, the intraoperative diagnosis or postoperative pathological diagnosis was em, and the EM fertility index (EFI) score was ≥ 5; .Patients agreed to conduct the study and signed informed consent.
Who cannot join
- There are contraindications to the use of didroxyprogesterone;
- Vaginal rectal septum, endometrial em, recurrent em;
- The ovarian reserve function decreased after operation, AMH < 1.1 ng / ml or premature ovarian failure;
- Unilateral or bilateral tubal obstruction or effusion;
- Combined uterine diseases: uterine malformation (single horn uterus, double horn uterus, double uterus, mediastinal uterus); Combined with adenomyosis and intrauterine adhesion;
- Chromosomal abnormalities of both husband and wife or one of them;
- Men with abnormal semen analysis results, low spermatogenic function, non obstructive azoospermia or AZF gene microdeletion; .patients with contraindications of pregnancy: uncontrolled diabetes, undiagnosed liver and kidney dysfunction, deep venous thrombosis, history of pulmonary embolism, history of cerebrovascular accident, uncontrolled hypertension, heart disease, suspicious cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, history of breast cancer or previous history, and undiagnosed vaginal bleeding;. No long-term follow-up or poor compliance, or the investigator believes that there are any factors that affect the subject's participation in the trial or result evaluation.
About this study
Official title: Didroxyprogesterone Promotes Postoperative Natural Pregnancy in Infertile Patients With Mild and Moderate Endometriosis
Endometriosis (EM) is an important cause of infertility in women of childbearing age. Laparoscopic surgery is the treatment of EM Related infertility is an important method. However, excluding other infertility factors, the natural pregnancy rate of EM patients one year after operation is still significantly lower than that of normal couples. At the same time, the high recurrence rate of EM often requires drugs to inhibit ovulation after operation, which forms a paradox with the demand for fertility. One year after operation is the "golden period" of natural pregnancy. Whether to treat the recurrence of EM without affecting or even promoting fertility is a key problem to be solved in clinic. Didroxyprogesterone is the closest natural progesterone. It is widely used in luteal support and treatment of threatened abortion. It does not affect ovulation and is harmless to embryos. In recent years, clinical studies have found that it is helpful to the natural pregnancy of patients with EM after operation, and is beneficial to improve pain symptoms and reduce the recurrence rate. Basic studies have also confirmed the inhibitory effect of didroxyprogesterone on em. However, the existing studies with small sample size are not enough to draw a convincing conclusion that didroxyprogesterone promotes the pregnancy rate after em, and there is a lack of Chinese data. This study intends to use a multicenter, prospective, open, randomized controlled clinical trial design to explore the value of didroxyprogesterone in the treatment of EM related infertility patients, so as to provide direct evidence for improving the postoperative natural pregnancy rate of EM patients.
Read the detailed description
Female patients aged 22-35 who had been diagnosed with mild to moderate endometriosis by laparoscopic surgery and had undergone surgical treatment and fertility index (EFI) score ≥5 were stratified and randomized at each branch center. The study subjects were first stratified according to EFI score, which was divided into three levels: 5-6 points, 7-8 points and 9-10 points. Then the patients were divided into 2 groups in stratification according to the segmented random method. ① Dydrogesterone group: the first postoperative menstrual cycle began on the 14th to 27th day of each menstrual cycle, dydrogesterone 10mg bid oral administration, planned to use 6 menstrual cycles (if the patient conceived naturally during the medication, the drug could be stopped), and instructed the patient to try pregnancy, observation period was 12 postoperative menstrual cycles; ② Control group: postoperative medication was not used to guide patients to try pregnancy, and the observation period was 12 menstrual cycles after surgery. The subjects should be followed up for a maximum of 6 times, respectively within the first month after surgery, the first menstrual cycle D7-13 after surgery, the fourth menstrual cycle D7-13 after surgery, the seventh menstrual cycle D7-13 after surgery, the 13th menstrual cycle D7-13 after surgery, and 1-2 months after pregnancy termination.
Outcome measures: ① Pregnancy status; ②EM symptoms and recurrence related indicators: VAS score, physical examination, CA125, gynecological B-ultrasound examination results; ③ Drug safety assessment: AMH, blood routine examination, liver and kidney function, and the patient's combined drug use and possible drug-related adverse reactions were recorded.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Rate
- Being tested
- didroxyprogesterone
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
didroxyprogesteroneDrug
Also called duphaston
Didroxyprogesterone group: the first menstrual cycle after operation began on the 14th to 27th day of each menstrual cycle. Didroxyprogesterone 10mg bid was given orally. It was planned to use 6 menstrual cycles (if the patient was naturally pregnant during the medication, the drug could be stopped), and guide the patient to try pregnancy. The observation period was 12 menstrual cycles after operation. Control group: no drugs were used after operation, and the patients were guided to try pregnancy. The observation period was 12 menstrual cycles after operation. Subjects need to complete up to 6 follow-up visits, including the first month after operation, the first menstrual cycle d7-13 after operation, the fourth menstrual cycle d7-13 after operation, the seventh menstrual cycle d7-13 after operation, the 13th menstrual cycle d7-13 after operation and 1-2 months after termination of pregnancy
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Didroxyprogesterone treatment group | Active comparator | Since the first menstrual cycle after surgery, dydrogesterone was administered orally 10mg bid on the 14th to 27th day of each menstrual cycle, planned to be used for 6 menstrual cycles (if the patient conceived naturally during medication, the drug could be stopped), and the patient was instructed to try pregnancy, the observation period was 12 menstrual cycles after surgery. Receives: Drug: didroxyprogesterone |
| control | No intervention | No medication was used after surgery, and the observation period was 12 menstrual cycles after surgery |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
pregnancy rate
percentage
Measured: 6 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted21 Jul 2022
- Study start10 Dec 2022 (estimated)
- Primary completion10 Jan 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion10 Dec 2025 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Pregnancy RateStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 300 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Shenzhen People's Hospital, First People's Hospital of Foshan
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05467852
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 2022-KY-026
- Status last verified
- Jul 2022
- First submitted
- 1 Apr 2022
- Last updated
- 21 Jul 2022
- Results posted
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 21 Jul 2022. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Didroxyprogesterone Promotes Postoperative Natural Pregnancy in Infertile Patients With Mild and Moderate Endometriosis
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05467852
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 2022-KY-026
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Rate
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 300 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Shenzhen People's Hospital, First People's Hospital of Foshan
- Study start
- 10 Dec 2022 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- 10 Jan 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 10 Dec 2025 (estimated)
- First posted
- 21 Jul 2022 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Endometriosis (EM) is an important cause of infertility in women of childbearing age. Laparoscopic surgery is the treatment of EM Related infertility is an important method. However, excluding other infertility factors, the natural pregnancy rate of EM patients one year after operation is still significantly lower than that of normal couples. At the same time, the high recurrence rate of EM often requires drugs to inhibit ovulation after operation, which forms a paradox with the demand for fertility. One year after operation is the "golden period" of natural pregnancy. Whether to treat the recurrence of EM without affecting or even promoting fertility is a key problem to be solved in clinic. Didroxyprogesterone is the closest natural progesterone. It is widely used in luteal support and treatment of threatened abortion. It does not affect ovulation and is harmless to embryos. In recent years, clinical studies have found that it is helpful to the natural pregnancy of patients with EM after operation, and is beneficial to improve pain symptoms and reduce the recurrence rate. Basic studies have also confirmed the inhibitory effect of didroxyprogesterone on em. However, the existing studies with small sample size are not enough to draw a convincing conclusion that didroxyprogesterone promotes the pregnancy rate after em, and there is a lack of Chinese data. This study intends to use a multicenter, prospective, open, randomized controlled clinical trial design to explore the value of didroxyprogesterone in the treatment of EM related infertility patients, so as to provide direct evidence for improving the postoperative natural pregnancy rate of EM patients.
Detailed description
Female patients aged 22-35 who had been diagnosed with mild to moderate endometriosis by laparoscopic surgery and had undergone surgical treatment and fertility index (EFI) score ≥5 were stratified and randomized at each branch center. The study subjects were first stratified according to EFI score, which was divided into three levels: 5-6 points, 7-8 points and 9-10 points. Then the patients were divided into 2 groups in stratification according to the segmented random method. ① Dydrogesterone group: the first postoperative menstrual cycle began on the 14th to 27th day of each menstrual cycle, dydrogesterone 10mg bid oral administration, planned to use 6 menstrual cycles (if the patient conceived naturally during the medication, the drug could be stopped), and instructed the patient to try pregnancy, observation period was 12 postoperative menstrual cycles; ② Control group: postoperative medication was not used to guide patients to try pregnancy, and the observation period was 12 menstrual cycles after surgery. The subjects should be followed up for a maximum of 6 times, respectively within the first month after surgery, the first menstrual cycle D7-13 after surgery, the fourth menstrual cycle D7-13 after surgery, the seventh menstrual cycle D7-13 after surgery, the 13th menstrual cycle D7-13 after surgery, and 1-2 months after pregnancy termination.
Outcome measures: ① Pregnancy status; ②EM symptoms and recurrence related indicators: VAS score, physical examination, CA125, gynecological B-ultrasound examination results; ③ Drug safety assessment: AMH, blood routine examination, liver and kidney function, and the patient's combined drug use and possible drug-related adverse reactions were recorded.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Didroxyprogesterone treatment group | Active comparator | Drug: didroxyprogesteroneSince the first menstrual cycle after surgery, dydrogesterone was administered orally 10mg bid on the 14th to 27th day of each menstrual cycle, planned to be used for 6 menstrual cycles (if the patient conceived naturally during medication, the drug could be stopped), and the patient was instructed to try pregnancy, the observation period was 12 menstrual cycles after surgery. |
| control | No intervention | –No medication was used after surgery, and the observation period was 12 menstrual cycles after surgery |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 22 to 35 years
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Women aged ≥ 22 years and ≤ 35 years, diagnosed as infertility and with reproductive needs;
- BMI：18.5-27.9kg/m2；
- The menstrual cycle in recent half a year is 21-35 days;
- Laparoscopic surgery was performed in certain hospitals, the intraoperative diagnosis or postoperative pathological diagnosis was em, and the EM fertility index (EFI) score was ≥ 5; .Patients agreed to conduct the study and signed informed consent.
Key exclusion criteria (7 listed)
- There are contraindications to the use of didroxyprogesterone;
- Vaginal rectal septum, endometrial em, recurrent em;
- The ovarian reserve function decreased after operation, AMH < 1.1 ng / ml or premature ovarian failure;
- Unilateral or bilateral tubal obstruction or effusion;
- Combined uterine diseases: uterine malformation (single horn uterus, double horn uterus, double uterus, mediastinal uterus); Combined with adenomyosis and intrauterine adhesion;
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| didroxyprogesteroneAlso: duphastonDidroxyprogesterone group: the first menstrual cycle after operation began on the 14th to 27th day of each menstrual cycle. Didroxyprogesterone 10mg bid was given orally. It was planned to use 6 menstrual cycles (if the patient was naturally pregnant during the medication, the drug could be stopped), and guide the patient to try pregnancy. The observation period was 12 menstrual cycles after operation. Control group: no drugs were used after operation, and the patients were guided to try pregnancy. The observation period was 12 menstrual cycles after operation. Subjects need to complete up to 6 follow-up visits, including the first month after operation, the first menstrual cycle d7-13 after operation, the fourth menstrual cycle d7-13 after operation, the seventh menstrual cycle d7-13 after operation, the 13th menstrual cycle d7-13 after operation and 1-2 months after termination of pregnancy | Drug | Didroxyprogesterone treatment group |
Primary outcome
pregnancy rate
Time frame: 6 weeks
percentage
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 21 Jul 2022.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 3 study testing didroxyprogesterone in people with Pregnancy Rate, run by Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 7 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 21 Jul 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
pregnancy rate (time frame: 6 weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 21 Jul 2022.