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StillbirthREPERENCT01995968

Antenatal Detection of Fetal Growth Restriction and Stillbirths Rate.

An observational study of Stillbirth and Intrauterine Growth Retardation, run by University Hospital, Grenoble at 21 sites in France.

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Trial summary

The main objective is to assess the role of antenatal detection of fetal growth restriction (FGR) on stillbirth, by a case-control study in a population-based sample of small for gestational age (SGA) livebirths and stillbirths in 3 French counties (Isère, Savoie and Haute-Savoie). Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 24 to 42 weeks
What is being tested?
Antenatal identification of fetal growth restriction
How many people
480 participants
Where
21 sitesFrance
Study dates
Nov 2013to Dec 2015
How long will I take part?
1 Week
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 24 to 42 weeks
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child

Study population: SGA births to mothers residents in 3 French districts (Isère, Savoie and Haute-Savoie)

Who may be able to join

  • Births:
  • Stillbirths (antepartum or intrapartum fetal death) (=Cases) or livebirths (=Controls)
  • at or after 24 completed weeks of gestational age
  • singletons
  • to mothers residents in 1 of the 3 districts (Isère, Savoie, Haute-Savoie) of the RHEOP register
  • SGA: birthweight below the 10th percentile of French customised birthweight curves)

Who cannot join

  • Fetal deaths with date of death estimated being older than date of birth by at least 1 week
  • Lethal congenital anomalies

Trial locations and contacts

21 sites in 1 country.

21 sites in 1 country

France21 sites
  • CH Albertville-Moutiers

    Albertville, 73200

  • Clinique Générale Annecy

    Annecy, 74000

  • CH Annecy

    Annecy, 74374

  • Polyclinique de Savoie Annemasse

    Annemasse, 74100

  • CHI Annemasse Bonneville

    Bonneville, 74107

  • CH Bourg Saint Maurice

    Bourg-Saint-Maurice, 73704

  • Centre Hospitalier Bourgoin Jallieu

    Bourgoin, 38300

  • Clinique Saint Vincent de Paul Bourgoin Jallieu

    Bourgoin, 38300

  • Hopital Femme Mere Enfant

    Bron, 69677

  • CH Chambéry

    Chambéry, 73000

  • Clinique des Cèdres

    Échirolles, 38432

  • Chu Grenoble

    Grenoble, 38000

  • Clinique Mutualiste Eaux Claires

    Grenoble, 38000

  • Hopital Croix rousse

    Lyon, 69317

  • Clinique Belledonne

    Saint Martin D Hères, 38400

  • CH Saint Jean de Maurienne

    Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, 73303

  • CH Sud Léman Valserine

    Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, 74164

  • Hôpitaux du Mont Blanc

    Sallanches, 74700

  • Hôpitaux du Léman

    Thonon-les-Bains, 74203

  • Centre Hospitalier Vienne

    Vienne, 38209

  • Centre Hospitalier Voiron

    Voiron, 38506

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About this study

Official title: Antenatal Detection of Fetal Growth Restriction : Determinants and Consequences for Stillbirths Rate.

The main objective is to assess the role of antenatal detection of fetal growth restriction (FGR) on stillbirth, by a case-control study in a population-based sample of small for gestational age (SGA) livebirths and stillbirths in 3 French counties (Isère, Savoie and Haute-Savoie). SGA births will be defined as a birthweight below the 10th percentile of French customised birth weight curves.

Our secondary objectives are

  • to identify determinants of antenatal detection of FGR among a representative sample of SGA births, with a special interest in the definition of FGR. Our hypothesis is that births who are SGA by customised birthweight curves and non-SGA by population birthweight curves, are not detected antenatally, despite the current strategy including the use of umbilical Doppler.
  • to analyse prenatal care of a subsample of SGA stillbirths with and without detection of FGR by a confidential enquiry.
Read the detailed description

Stillbirths will be identified by the RHEOP (Registre des Handicaps de l'Enfant et Observatoire Périnatal).

The RHEOP was created in 1988 in the Isère district in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. The area covered by the registry was enlarged to include two contiguous districts in 2005 (Savoie and Haute-Savoie). This registry includes all cases of childhood disability as well as all stillbirths to residents in these districts. Its objective is to monitor the trends in stillbirth and chid disability, and to identify conditions associated with these events. The three participating districts constitute a population-based sample of 30 000 births per year. The RHEOP registry uses the WHO definition of a stillbirth, i.e., "the birth of a baby with a birth weight of 500 g or 22 or more completed weeks of gestation who died before or during labor and birth". Its completeness is checked by matching its database with three data sources : results of placental examination and fetal autopsy, adjacent register of fetal anomalies, and regional reference center for prenatal diagnosis.

Stillbirths are identified in maternity hospitals thanks to collaborating midwifes and routinely collected data. Several specific investigators, who are trained nurses, midwives or physicians, complete a standardized form based on the medical record for each case.

For the purpose of the project, additional data will be collected allowing to describe prenatal care including ultrasound and Doppler examinations, and obstetrical management. Healthcare professionals (GP, midwife, obstetricians and gynecologists) will be solicited if data are missing in maternity medical records. SGA stillbirths in 2012 and 2013 will be included.

Consecutive SGA livebirths to residents in Isère, Savoie and Haute-Savoie, will be identified by the same way. Two months (probably october and november 2013)are approximately needed to record the sample size of controls.

Being tested
Antenatal identification of fetal growth restriction
Keywords
Stillbirth, Fetal growth restriction, Small for gestational age, Antenatal detection, Prenatal Care, Mass Screening
Medical subject headings
Stillbirth, Fetal Growth Retardation

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Antenatal identification of fetal growth restrictionOther

    Also called Antenatal detection, Antenatal recognition, Antenatal suspicion

    FGR is considered as "identified" if:

    • FGR was mentioned in medical charts
    • OR at least one ultrasound fetometry had indicated an estimated fetal weight or an abdominal diameter below the 10th percentile (whatever the reference curve used)
    • OR no (or insufficient) weight gain between two ultrasounds mentioned in medical charts
    • OR pathological Doppler examination of the umbilical artery (absent or reversed blood flow at the end of diastole)
    • OR utero-placental Doppler ultrasound indicated for suspicion of growth failure
Study groups in NCT01995968
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
SGA stillbirths (Cases)Stillbirths, SGA births (below the 10th percentile of French customised birthweight curves), born in 2012-13, at or after 24 completed weeks of gestational age, without lethal congenital anomalies, to mothers residents in Isère, Savoie or Haute-Savoie
Receives: Other: Antenatal identification of fetal growth restriction
SGA livebirths (Controls)Livebirths, SGA births (below the 10th percentile of French customised birthweight curves), born in 2013, at or after 24 completed weeks of gestational age, without lethal congenital anomalies, to mothers residents in Isère, Savoie or Haute-Savoie
Receives: Other: Antenatal identification of fetal growth restriction

What is being measured

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

  1. Rate of antenatal detection of FGR

    Crude and adjusted OR of stillbirth according to antenatal detection of FGR

    Measured: baseline

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Factors associated with lack of antenatal detection of FGR in a representative sample of SGA births

    Crude and adjusted OR and 95% confidence intervals

    Measured: baseline

  2. fetal deaths of SGA newborns with and without antenatal detection of FGR

    Measured: baseline

Timeline

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

  1. First posted27 Nov 2013 (estimated)
  2. Study startNov 2013
  3. Primary completionJul 2015
  4. Study completionDec 2015 (estimated)

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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
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
480 participants (estimated)
Target duration
1 Week
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01995968
Sponsor's protocol ID
DCIC12 08
Acronym
REPERE
Status last verified
Dec 2014
First submitted
8 Nov 2013
Last updated
4 Aug 2015
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Altman DG, Hytten FE. Intrauterine growth retardation: let's be clear about it. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1989 Oct;96(10):1127-32. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1989.tb03185.x. No abstract available.

    PubMed 2590650
  • Pardi G, Marconi AM, Cetin I. Placental-fetal interrelationship in IUGR fetuses--a review. Placenta. 2002 Apr;23 Suppl A:S136-41. doi: 10.1053/plac.2002.0802.

    PubMed 11978072
  • Kaufmann P SI. Placental development. In: Polin RA FW, eds, editor. Fetal and neonatal physiology. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1998:59-70.

  • Baschat AA. Pathophysiology of fetal growth restriction: implications for diagnosis and surveillance. Obstet Gynecol Surv. 2004 Aug;59(8):617-27. doi: 10.1097/01.ogx.0000133943.54530.76.

    PubMed 15277896
  • Hecher K, Snijders R, Campbell S, Nicolaides K. Fetal venous, intracardiac, and arterial blood flow measurements in intrauterine growth retardation: relationship with fetal blood gases. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1995 Jul;173(1):10-5. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(95)90161-2.

    PubMed 7631665
  • Severi FM, Bocchi C, Visentin A, Falco P, Cobellis L, Florio P, Zagonari S, Pilu G. Uterine and fetal cerebral Doppler predict the outcome of third-trimester small-for-gestational age fetuses with normal umbilical artery Doppler. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2002 Mar;19(3):225-8. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2002.00652.x.

    PubMed 11896941
  • Haws RA, Yakoob MY, Soomro T, Menezes EV, Darmstadt GL, Bhutta ZA. Reducing stillbirths: screening and monitoring during pregnancy and labour. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2009 May 7;9 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-9-S1-S5.

    PubMed 19426468
  • Imdad A, Yakoob MY, Siddiqui S, Bhutta ZA. Screening and triage of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) in general population and high risk pregnancies: a systematic review with a focus on reduction of IUGR related stillbirths. BMC Public Health. 2011 Apr 13;11 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):S1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-S3-S1.

    PubMed 21501426
  • Alfirevic Z, Neilson JP. Doppler ultrasonography in high-risk pregnancies: systematic review with meta-analysis. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1995 May;172(5):1379-87. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(95)90466-2.

    PubMed 7755042
  • Bricker L, Neilson JP. Routine ultrasound in late pregnancy (after 24 weeks gestation). Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2000;(2):CD001451. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001451.

    PubMed 10796263
  • Bricker L, Neilson JP, Dowswell T. Routine ultrasound in late pregnancy (after 24 weeks' gestation). Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2008 Oct 8;(4):CD001451. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001451.pub3.

    PubMed 18843617
  • Neilson JP AZ. Doppler ultrasound for fetal assessment in high risk pregnancies (Cochrane review). The Cochrane Library, Issue 1, Oxford:Update software, 2002.

  • GRIT Study Group. A randomised trial of timed delivery for the compromised preterm fetus: short term outcomes and Bayesian interpretation. BJOG. 2003 Jan;110(1):27-32. doi: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.02014.x.

    PubMed 12504932
  • Thornton JG, Hornbuckle J, Vail A, Spiegelhalter DJ, Levene M; GRIT study group. Infant wellbeing at 2 years of age in the Growth Restriction Intervention Trial (GRIT): multicentred randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2004 Aug 7-13;364(9433):513-20. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16809-8.

    PubMed 15302194
  • Bais JM, Eskes M, Pel M, Bonsel GJ, Bleker OP. Effectiveness of detection of intrauterine growth retardation by abdominal palpation as screening test in a low risk population: an observational study. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2004 Oct 15;116(2):164-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2004.01.037.

    PubMed 15358457

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Stillbirth and Intrauterine Growth Retardation, run by University Hospital, Grenoble at 21 sites in France.

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 6 inclusion and 2 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Aug 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 21 sites in France. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

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?

Results are not available in the source record.

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?

Rate of antenatal detection of FGR (time frame: baseline). 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 NCT01995968, which also lists 20 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 4 Aug 2015.

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