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Methods of detection and prevention of preterm labour and the PAMG-1 detection test: a review

  • Vincent Dochez EMAIL logo , Guillaume Ducarme , Pauline Gueudry , Yolaine Joueidi , Marion Boivin , Louise Boussamet , Hélène Pelerin , Aurélie Le Thuaut , Zeineb Lamoureux , Valéry-Pierre Riche , Norbert Winer , Thibault Thubert and Emilie Marie
Published/Copyright: October 2, 2020

Abstract

Objectives

Preterm labour is the leading cause of hospitalization during pregnancy. In France, it results in more than 60,000 births before 37 weeks of gestation every year. Recent studies suggest that detection of placental α-microglobulin-1 (PAMG-1) in vaginal secretions among women presenting symptoms of preterm labour with intact membranes has good predictive value for the onset of spontaneous preterm delivery within 7 days. The test is especially interesting, in that the repetition of antenatal corticosteroids for foetal lung maturation is no longer recommended in France and the effect of the initial administration is most beneficial in the 24 h to 7 days afterwards.

Methods

We included all studies listed in PubMed and clinicaltrials.gov with the terms “PAMG-1” and either “preterm labor” or “preterm labour”, while excluding all studies on the subject of “rupture of the membranes” from 2000 through 2017. Ten studies were thus included.

Results

In women who had both the PAMG-1 and foetal fibronectin test, the PAMG-1 test was statistically superior to the measurement of cervical length for positive predictive value (p<0.0074), negative predictive value (p=0.0169) and specificity (p<0.001) for the prediction of spontaneous preterm delivery within 7 days.

Conclusions

The use of PAMG-1 may make it possible to target the women at risk with a shortened cervix on ultrasound (<25 mm) those with an imminent preterm delivery and therefore to adapt management, especially the administration of antenatal corticosteroid therapy.


Corresponding author: Vincent Dochez, Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France, Tel: +33 2 40 08 78 00, E-mail:

  1. Research funding: None declared.

  2. Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  3. Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest. Vincent Dochez is a reviewer of this journal.

  4. Informed consent: Informed consent was obtained from all individuals included in this study.

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Received: 2020-06-21
Accepted: 2020-09-11
Published Online: 2020-10-02
Published in Print: 2021-02-23

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