# Removal Versus Retention of Cerclage in Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes (PPROM)

> **NCT00201656** · PHASE4 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Obstetrix Medical Group** · enrollment: 58 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Retention of Cerclage
- **PROCEDURE:** Removal of Cerclage
- **PROCEDURE:** Removal vs. Retention of Cervical Cerclage

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00201656
- **Lead sponsor:** Obstetrix Medical Group
- **Sponsor class:** INDUSTRY
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2004-11
- **Primary completion:** 2013-11
- **Final completion:** 2014-04
- **Target enrollment:** 58 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** This trial was terminated following a futility analysis confirming futility of continuing the study
- **Last updated:** 2014-12-19


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00201656

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00201656, "Removal Versus Retention of Cerclage in Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes (PPROM)". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00201656. Licensed CC0.

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