New screening strategy aims to cut preterm births by half
NCT ID NCT07415070
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new way to prevent preterm birth by first giving pregnant women a simple risk score. Those at high risk then get a special ultrasound to check the cervix, followed by proven treatments if needed. Researchers will compare this approach to standard care in 1,000 women to see if it lowers the number of babies born too early.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 1,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Mar 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * ·For community health service centers: 1. Be located in the selected districts 2. Provide prenatal care and be responsible for the registration and follow-up management of pregnant women 3. Have the chief physician (or equivalent) agree to participate and to implement study-related risk assessment, referral, follow-up, and data collection procedures, and to receive standardized training * For pregnant women: <!-- --> 1. Registered at participating community health service centers. 2. Singleton pregnancy. 3. No history of previous cervical cerclage. 4. Able and willing to provide written informed consent and participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * for pregnant women: 1. Multiple pregnancies. 2. History of cervical cerclage. 3. Medical indications requiring pregnancy termination. 4. Any other condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would make the participant unsuitable for the study.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Locations
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Ningbo University
Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315000, China
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