Progesterone therapy to decrease first-trimester spontaneous abortions in previous aborters

Check JH, Chase JS, Nowroozi K, Wu CH, Adelson HG

Progesterone therapy to decrease first-trimester spontaneous abortions in previous aborters

C H Wu, J H Check

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.
Cooper University Hospital ROR

International Journal of Fertility, 32(3), 192-199

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A study was designed to see if the use of prophylactic progesterone vaginal suppositories (PVS) reduced the risk of spontaneous abortions in women with a history of at least one spontaneous abortion. PVS was employed during the luteal phase to the end of the first trimester. The dosage was initially 50 mg/day, but was increased according to the endometrial biopsy and doubled as soon as pregnancy was established. Only 10 women (10%) aborted, and 8 of these 10 were successful in their next PVS-treated pregnancies. Overall there were 12 losses in 132 pregnancies (9%) in these PVS-treated patients. Forty-two percent of untreated controls aborted (10/24). The results suggest that PVS is effective in reducing the risk of spontaneous abortions in high-risk patients.

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Infertility > Recurrent Pregnancy Loss > Progesterone Therapy RRM Methods > Progesterone Supplementation > Vaginal Suppositories Pregnancy > First Trimester > Miscarriage Prevention

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Check, J. H., Chase, J. S., Nowroozi, K., Wu, C. H., & Adelson, H. G. (1987). Progesterone therapy to decrease first-trimester spontaneous abortions in previous aborters. *International journal of fertility*, *32*(3), 192-199.

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Abortion, Habitual/drug Therapy, Corpus Luteum Maintenance/drug Effects, Endometrium/cytology, Female, Humans, Pessaries, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Trimester, First, Progesterone/therapeutic Use, Progesterone

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