NCT00787813

N-Acetyl Cysteine After Cervical Cerclage

Effect of Oral N-Acetyl Cysteine on Pregnancy Outcome After Cervical Cerclage: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Assiut University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 20 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) on pregnancy outcome in women undergoing cervical cerclage for cervical insufficiency.

Detailed description

A randomized controlled clinical trial to be carried out in a university-affiliated tertiary center.Participating women will be randomized into two groups: Group A will be given an oral daily dose of 0.6 g of NAC in effervescent form; group B, serving as controls, will not receive NAC.The two groups will then be compared according to pregnancy outcome.

Conditions

• Cervical Cerclage

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	N-Acetyl Cysteine	oral daily dose of 0.6 g of N-acetyl cysteine in effervescent form
DRUG	Placebo

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-06-01
• Primary completion: 2008-10-01
• Completion: 2008-11-01
• First posted: 2008-11-10
• Last updated: 2008-11-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt