Patients and Methods The present study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, and was registered with the Government Database for Clinical Trials (reference no: IRCT201012083580N3). This double-blind, randomized, controlled clinical trial recruited 60 pregnant women with the age range of 20-40 years, referring to Fatemieh Hospital and Shaykhoraies Clinic (Hamadan, Iran). Figure 1 summarizes the study flow diagram. Figure 1 Study flow diagram of pregnant women selleck chemicals llc recieving vitamin C or placebo to assess

preterm premature Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical rupture of membrane All the studied subjects were selected from pregnant women at high risk of PPROM and in the 18th week of pregnancy, as confirmed by sonography. The inclusion criteria included history of previous PROM and PPROM, and the exclusion criteria encompassed consumption of medication in defined Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical intervals, history of uterus surgery, history of Cesarean section, short cervix, smoking,

and pregnancy with artificial vaccination. PPROM was diagnosed via the Fern test and sonography. Cases diagnosed with specific disorders such as infection and delivery contractions during the survey were excluded Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical from the study. To rule out infectious cases, vaginal examination was carried out and also the sign and symptoms of chorioamnionitis were evaluated. Written consent was obtained from all the patients. The study population was randomly divided into two equally-sized intervention and control groups-based on the table of random numbers via a blind method. The medicine and placebo were prepared in Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical the same bottles and blinded by code. The matrix compounds of the placebo and vitamin C tablets were identical and were made by the same company. None of the prescribing persons and patients was aware of the prescribed Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical medicine. In the intervention group, 250 mg supplement of vitamin C (Modava Co., Iran) was prescribed

twice a day (500 mg a day) and the control group received placebo with the same procedure. Length of the treatment period was until the 28th week of pregnancy. The serum level of UEs was measured using the ELISA method (IBL, Germany), accompanied by blood sugar and hemoglobin assay. All the subjects however were thereafter followed up to delivery and were evaluated for the incidence of PPROM. Finally, the results were analyzed using SPSS software (version 13.0) and the Student t-test, chi-square test, and Fisher exact test. A P value less than 0.05 was considered significant. Results The mean±SD of age in the intervention and control groups was 24.90±5.63 and 24.60±5.53 years, respectively. In the intervention group, 11 (36.6%) cases were nulliparous and 19 (63.6%) cases were multiparous, while in the control group, there were 8 (26.2%) nulliparous and 22 (73.4%) multiparous women.