# Cervical Occlusion for the Prevention of Preterm Birth

> **NCT01737788** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Niels Jørgen Secher** · enrollment: 309 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Uterine Cervical Incompetence

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Cervical occlusion

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01737788
- **Lead sponsor:** Niels Jørgen Secher
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2006-08
- **Primary completion:** 2011-08
- **Final completion:** 2011-08
- **Target enrollment:** 309 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Due to slow recruitment and an interim analysis showing no benefit of occlusion.
- **Last updated:** 2012-11-30


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01737788

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01737788, "Cervical Occlusion for the Prevention of Preterm Birth". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01737788. Licensed CC0.

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