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Cardiovascular DiseasesNCT00241683

Fetal Growth Restriction & Maternal Cardiovascular Risk

An observational study of Cardiovascular Diseases and Heart Diseases, run by The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

To determine whether or not women with a history of having a baby with intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) was more likely to have risk factors for cardiovascular disease versus women with a pregnancy not complicated by IUGR. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Any age, women only
Conditions the study is for
Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases
How many people
704 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
Aug 2005to Apr 2009
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages Any age
  • Women only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Study population: Women who were 4 to 12 years postpartum

Who may be able to join

  • women 4 to 12 years after delivery of singleton infant
  • women who gave birth between 1997 and 2002 at Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Who cannot join

  • women who had preeclampsia
  • women who had prepregnancy hypertension
  • women who had diabetes
  • women who were currently pregnant or reported a prepregnancy chronic condition

About this study

To determine whether or not women with a history of having a baby with intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) was more likely to have risk factors for cardiovascular disease versus women with a pregnancy not complicated by IUGR.

Read the detailed description

BACKGROUND:

Intrauterine growth restriction leads to major neonatal morbidity and mortality. Moreover, recent birth registry studies have suggested that women bearing IUGR babies may have an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease.

DESIGN NARRATIVE:

This cohort study tested whether exposed women, with a previous intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) baby, versus unexposed women, with a pregnancy not complicated by IUGR, had elevations in markers of cardiovascular risk. Exposure was defined among a geographically defined cohort as having had a singleton baby in the < 5 %tile of weight for gestational age, in the absence of pre-pregnancy diabetes., hypertension, renal disease, or hypertension in pregnancy; controls had a singleton in the > 20%tile. Four to twelve years postpartum, women were assessed for multiple markers of cardiovascular risk, including blood pressure, lipids, adiposity, glucose and insulin, homocysteine and folate, markers of inflammation, markers of endothelial function, markers of angiogenesis, and markers of vascular function. Data analysis consisted of ANOVA and ANCOVA analyses comparing the outcomes of cardiovascular markers among exposed and unexposed women.

Medical subject headings
Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Blood pressure

    Measured: 4 to 12 years after pregnancy

  2. Triglycerides and LDL cholesterol

    Measured: 4 to 12 years after pregnancy

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Glucose

    Measured: 4 to 12 years after pregnancy

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted19 Oct 2005 (estimated)
  2. Study startAug 2005
  3. Primary completionApr 2009
  4. Study completionApr 2009

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrolment
704 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00241683
Sponsor's protocol ID
1307
Other IDs
5R01HL076532-03
Status last verified
Jan 2013
First submitted
17 Oct 2005
Last updated
21 Jan 2013
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Catov JM, Dodge R, Yamal JM, Roberts JM, Piller LB, Ness RB. Prior preterm or small-for-gestational-age birth related to maternal metabolic syndrome. Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Feb;117(2 Pt 1):225-232. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3182075626.

    PubMed 21252733
  • McClure CK, Bodnar LM, Ness R, Catov JM. Accuracy of maternal recall of gestational weight gain 4 to 12 years after delivery. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 May;19(5):1047-53. doi: 10.1038/oby.2010.300. Epub 2010 Dec 16.

    PubMed 21164507
  • McClure CK, Catov J, Ness R, Schwarz EB. Maternal visceral adiposity by consistency of lactation. Matern Child Health J. 2012 Feb;16(2):316-21. doi: 10.1007/s10995-011-0758-0.

    PubMed 21404071

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Cardiovascular Diseases and Heart Diseases, run by The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 21 Jan 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Blood pressure (time frame: 4 to 12 years after pregnancy). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00241683, which also lists 3 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 21 Jan 2013.

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