妊娠中のバクテリア性症に対する早期クリンダミシン (PREMEVA):多センター,ダブルブラインド,ランダム化制御試験
Damien Subtil1, Gilles Brabant2, Emma Tilloy1
1Pôle Femme Mère Nouveau-né, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France; Epidémiologie et Qualité des soins (EA 2694), Université de Lille, Lille, France.
Lancet (London, England)
|October 17, 2018
まとめ
妊娠中の女性における細菌性炎の治療は,遅い流産や非常に早産を減少させなかった. 早期出産の予防のために抗生物質の使用は再検討する必要があります.
科学分野:
- 産婦人科
- 妊婦と胎児の医療
- 妊娠 中 の 感染症
背景:
- 産前出産 (<37週) は,産前死亡率と発症率の主な原因です.
- 妊娠中のバクテリア性陰道炎は,早産を含む有害な結果と関連しています.
- この研究では,バクテリア性陰道炎の治療が遅い流産または自発的な非常に早産を減少させるかどうかを調べました.
研究 の 目的:
- バクテリア性陰道炎に対するクリンダミシン治療の有効性を評価し,遅めの流産や自発的な非常に早産を予防する.
- 低リスクと高リスクの両方の妊娠の結果を評価する.
- 抗生物質の介入が,細菌性陰道炎に関連した不良妊娠結果を防ぐのに有益かどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- PREMEVA試験は,フランスの40のセンターで,ダブルブラインドで,ランダムに制御された試験です.
- 18歳以上の女性,バクテリア性陰道炎,低リスクまたは高リスク妊娠
- 治療群: シングルコースのクリンダミシン,トリプルコースのクリンダミシン,またはプラセボ; 主要アウトカム: 後期流産 (16-21週間) または自発的な非常に早産 (22-32週間) の複合.
主要な成果:
- 低リスク妊娠 (n=2869) では,クリンダミシンとプラセボ群の1次試験結果に有意な差はなかった (1. 2% 対 1.0%,RR 1. 10;p=0. 82).
- 高リスク妊娠 (n=236) では,クリンダミシン1回投与と3回投与の有意な差は認められなかった (4. 4% 対 6. 0%, RR 0. 67; p=0. 47).
- 低リスク試験では,クリンダミシン群 (3. 0%) でプラセボ群 (1. 3%) よりも有害事象,主に下痢がより頻繁であった.
結論:
- 低リスク妊娠における細菌性陰道炎の体系的なスクリーニングと治療は,遅めの流産や自発的な非常に早産を減少させない.
- この集団における早産の予防のための現在の抗生物質戦略は,再評価を正当化しています.
- バクテリア性陰道炎による妊娠を予防するための効果的な介入を特定するには,さらなる研究が必要です.
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