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We carry out a short pilot study including all uncomplicated diamniotic twin pregnancies with symptoms of preterm labor (PTL) and intact membranes at 24\u201333 weeks\u2009+\u20096 days of gestation. Studied outcome were spontaneous delivery within 7 and 14 days of testing and spontaneous PTB at &lt;34 and &lt;37 weeks of gestation. Among 40 women, fFN test was positive in 3 of them (7.5%). Regardless of the outcome studied CL did not significantly predict PTB. Performance of fFN was sensitivity (66.7%), specificity (97.2%), positive predictive value (66.7%), negative predictive value (97.2%), positive likelihood ratio (LR) (24.0), and negative LR (0.3) to predict spontaneous PTB within 7 days (p\u2009=\u20090.01). Thus, 66.1% of patients with a positive fFN test would deliver within 7 days versus 2.4% if negative testing; starting with a pre-test probability of 7.5%. Combining CL and fFN did not enable to increase enough positive LR or decrease significantly negative LR. 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