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US 2009/0264395 A1Published application
Progesterone for the treatment or prevention of spontaneous preterm birth
AssigneeColumbia Laboratories, Inc.
InventorGeorge Creasy
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Abstract
A method for treating or preventing spontaneous preterm birth in pregnant women and improving neonatal morbidity and mortality. The method includes administering to a pregnant woman in need thereof an effective amount of progesterone sufficient to prolong gestation by minimizing the shortening or effacing of her cervix. Treatment and prophylaxis with progesterone in pregnant women having symptoms of short cervix has been clinically shown to increase neonatal health.
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A method for treating or preventing the onset of preterm labor and subsequent preterm birth in a pregnant woman with a short cervix comprising:
- determining to treat or prevent short cervix in a pregnant woman in order to maintain or prolong gestation;
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- administering an effective amount of a formulation containing progesterone sufficient to prolong gestation by minimizing the shortening or effacing of the cervix.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.