Neonatal Acidemia and HypoxiaNOAHNCT07629271
Evaluation of Neonatal Acute Hypoxia at Delivery Using Fetal Physiology and Eucapnic pH Assessment
An observational study of Neonatal Acidemia and Hypoxia, run by Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS at 1 site in Italy.
Trial summary
This study aims to improve understanding of how fetuses respond to oxygen deprivation during labor by re-evaluating cardiotocography (CTG) recordings using a physiology-based interpretation approach and comparing these findings with umbilical cord blood gas measurements at birth, including eucapnic pH assessment. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older, women only
- Conditions the study is for
- Neonatal Acidemia and Hypoxia
- How many people
- 1,000 participants
- Where
- 1 siteItaly
- Study dates
- Oct 2026to Dec 2028
- How long will I take part?
- 1 Day
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
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 18 years and older
- Women only
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: The study population consists of women with term singleton pregnancies undergoing labor and delivery at a tertiary referral center. The study includes both retrospectively identified deliveries and prospectively enrolled pregnancies with available intrapartum cardiotocography (CTG) recordings and umbilical cord arterial blood gas analysis.
Who may be able to join
- Singleton pregnancies
- Term neonates (gestational age =or> 37 weeks)
- Availability of clinical data, such as
- CTG tracing within 90 minutes before delivery
- Umbilical cord blood gas analysis (arterial sample)
- Signed informed consent (only for the prospective arm)
Who cannot join
- Major fetal anomalies
- Incomplete or missing CTG or blood gas data
- Elective cesarean sections without labor
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
Italy1 site
UOC di Ostetricia e Patologia Ostetrica
Rome, Lazio, 00168
Concetta Cesare, +390630158531, att@policlinicogemelli.it
Silvio Tartaglia, MD, PhD
About this study
Official title: Neonatal Outcomes After Acute Hypoxia: Re-evaluating Cardiotocography Traces Using Fetal Physiology-Based Interpretation and Eucapnic pH Assessment
This study aims to improve understanding of how fetuses respond to oxygen deprivation during labor by re-evaluating cardiotocography (CTG) recordings using a physiology-based interpretation approach and comparing these findings with umbilical cord blood gas measurements at birth, including eucapnic pH assessment.
The study will include term pregnancies and combines retrospective data analysis with prospective enrollment. Researchers will investigate whether physiology-based CTG interpretation can better identify signs of fetal compromise and whether eucapnic pH may improve the distinction between respiratory and metabolic acidosis. Findings may contribute to improving fetal monitoring strategies and the assessment of newborn condition at birth.
Read the detailed description
Cardiotocography (CTG) is widely used for intrapartum fetal surveillance; however, traditional pattern-recognition approaches may not always reflect the underlying fetal physiological response to hypoxic stress. Recently, physiology-based CTG interpretation frameworks have been proposed to improve identification of fetal compensation and decompensation mechanisms during labor.
Similarly, conventional interpretation of umbilical cord blood gas analysis may not adequately distinguish respiratory from metabolic components of neonatal acidemia. Eucapnic pH, calculated by correcting for the respiratory component of acid-base imbalance, has been proposed as a tool to better characterize metabolic compromise at birth.
This ambispective observational study aims to re-evaluate CTG tracings obtained during labor using a physiology-based interpretative framework and to integrate these findings with arterial umbilical cord blood gas parameters, including measured pH, base excess, pCO2, and calculated eucapnic pH.
The study includes a retrospective cohort of term singleton deliveries and a prospective cohort of consecutively enrolled term pregnancies undergoing intrapartum CTG monitoring. CTG recordings will undergo blinded re-evaluation by independent reviewers using physiology-based criteria. These findings will be integrated with maternal, intrapartum, and neonatal variables to explore relationships between CTG characteristics, types of hypoxic exposure, acid-base status, and neonatal outcomes.
The study aims to determine whether physiology-based CTG interpretation identifies fetal compromise not recognized using conventional interpretation methods and to evaluate the relationship between CTG findings, eucapnic pH, and neonatal condition at birth. The results may contribute to improving understanding of intrapartum fetal adaptation and refining strategies for fetal surveillance during labor.
- Conditions
- Neonatal Acidemia and Hypoxia
- Keywords
- cardiotocography, eucapnic pH, neonatal hypoxia, labor and delivery
- Medical subject headings
- Hypoxia, Asphyxia Neonatorum
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Pregnant women who deliver neonates presenting hypoxia | Participants will include term singleton pregnancies undergoing labor and delivery with available intrapartum cardiotocography (CTG) recordings and umbilical cord arterial blood gas analysis. Two cohorts will be included: a retrospective cohort of eligible deliveries occurring between 2018 and 2025 and a prospective cohort of consecutively enrolled term pregnancies from 2026 onward. This is an observational study with no experimental intervention, treatment allocation, or modification of standard clinical care. The study involves collection of clinical data and re-evaluation of CTG tracings using a physiology-based interpretation framework combined with assessment of cord blood gas parameters, including eucapnic pH. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Detection of fetal decompensation using physiology-based CTG interpretation
proportion of cases in which physiology-based CTG interpretation identified features of fetal decompensation not evident in conventional interpretation
Measured: From labor admission until delivery (assessment performed using CTG recordings obtained within 90 minutes before delivery)
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted5 Jun 2026
- Study startOct 2026 (estimated)
- Primary completionDec 2028 (estimated)
- Study completionDec 2028 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Neonatal Acidemia and HypoxiaStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCSThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
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
- Other
- Enrolment
- 1,000 participants (estimated)
- Target duration
- 1 Day
Sponsor and investigators
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Tullio Ghi, Chief, Study director, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07629271
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 27264
- Acronym
- NOAH
- Status last verified
- May 2026
- First submitted
- 1 Jun 2026
- Last updated
- 2 Sep 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No: Individual participant data (IPD) will not be shared because the study involves retrospective and prospective collection of sensitive clinical and perinatal data, and data sharing may not be compatible with institutional policies, participant privacy protection, and applicable data protection regulations.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 2 Sep 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Neonatal Outcomes After Acute Hypoxia: Re-evaluating Cardiotocography Traces Using Fetal Physiology-Based Interpretation and Eucapnic pH Assessment
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07629271
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- NOAH / 27264
- Conditions
- Neonatal Acidemia and Hypoxia
- Keywords
- cardiotocography, eucapnic pH, neonatal hypoxia, labor and delivery
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Not yet recruiting
- Enrolment
- 1,000 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCSUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Oct 2026 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- Dec 2028 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Dec 2028 (estimated)
- First posted
- 5 Jun 2026 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This study aims to improve understanding of how fetuses respond to oxygen deprivation during labor by re-evaluating cardiotocography (CTG) recordings using a physiology-based interpretation approach and comparing these findings with umbilical cord blood gas measurements at birth, including eucapnic pH assessment.
The study will include term pregnancies and combines retrospective data analysis with prospective enrollment. Researchers will investigate whether physiology-based CTG interpretation can better identify signs of fetal compromise and whether eucapnic pH may improve the distinction between respiratory and metabolic acidosis. Findings may contribute to improving fetal monitoring strategies and the assessment of newborn condition at birth.
Detailed description
Cardiotocography (CTG) is widely used for intrapartum fetal surveillance; however, traditional pattern-recognition approaches may not always reflect the underlying fetal physiological response to hypoxic stress. Recently, physiology-based CTG interpretation frameworks have been proposed to improve identification of fetal compensation and decompensation mechanisms during labor.
Similarly, conventional interpretation of umbilical cord blood gas analysis may not adequately distinguish respiratory from metabolic components of neonatal acidemia. Eucapnic pH, calculated by correcting for the respiratory component of acid-base imbalance, has been proposed as a tool to better characterize metabolic compromise at birth.
This ambispective observational study aims to re-evaluate CTG tracings obtained during labor using a physiology-based interpretative framework and to integrate these findings with arterial umbilical cord blood gas parameters, including measured pH, base excess, pCO2, and calculated eucapnic pH.
The study includes a retrospective cohort of term singleton deliveries and a prospective cohort of consecutively enrolled term pregnancies undergoing intrapartum CTG monitoring. CTG recordings will undergo blinded re-evaluation by independent reviewers using physiology-based criteria. These findings will be integrated with maternal, intrapartum, and neonatal variables to explore relationships between CTG characteristics, types of hypoxic exposure, acid-base status, and neonatal outcomes.
The study aims to determine whether physiology-based CTG interpretation identifies fetal compromise not recognized using conventional interpretation methods and to evaluate the relationship between CTG findings, eucapnic pH, and neonatal condition at birth. The results may contribute to improving understanding of intrapartum fetal adaptation and refining strategies for fetal surveillance during labor.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Other
- Target follow-up
- 1 Day
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Pregnant women who deliver neonates presenting hypoxia | – | –Participants will include term singleton pregnancies undergoing labor and delivery with available intrapartum cardiotocography (CTG) recordings and umbilical cord arterial blood gas analysis. Two cohorts will be included: a retrospective cohort of eligible deliveries occurring between 2018 and 2025 and a prospective cohort of consecutively enrolled term pregnancies from 2026 onward. This is an observational study with no experimental intervention, treatment allocation, or modification of standard clinical care. The study involves collection of clinical data and re-evaluation of CTG tracings using a physiology-based interpretation framework combined with assessment of cord blood gas parameters, including eucapnic pH. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- The study population consists of women with term singleton pregnancies undergoing labor and delivery at a tertiary referral center. The study includes both retrospectively identified deliveries and prospectively enrolled pregnancies with available intrapartum cardiotocography (CTG) recordings and umbilical cord arterial blood gas analysis.
Key inclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Singleton pregnancies
- Term neonates (gestational age =or> 37 weeks)
- Availability of clinical data, such as
- Signed informed consent (only for the prospective arm)
Key exclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Major fetal anomalies
- Incomplete or missing CTG or blood gas data
- Elective cesarean sections without labor
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
Detection of fetal decompensation using physiology-based CTG interpretation
Time frame: From labor admission until delivery (assessment performed using CTG recordings obtained within 90 minutes before delivery)
proportion of cases in which physiology-based CTG interpretation identified features of fetal decompensation not evident in conventional interpretation
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 2 Sep 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No. Individual participant data (IPD) will not be shared because the study involves retrospective and prospective collection of sensitive clinical and perinatal data, and data sharing may not be compatible with institutional policies, participant privacy protection, and applicable data protection regulations.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
Tullio Ghi, Chief study director
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Neonatal Acidemia and Hypoxia, run by Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS at 1 site in Italy.
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 3 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: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Sep 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Italy. 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?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Silvio Tartaglia, MD, PhD (+390630157024, silvio.tartaglia@policlinicogemelli.it), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Detection of fetal decompensation using physiology-based CTG interpretation (time frame: From labor admission until delivery (assessment performed using CTG recordings obtained within 90 minutes before delivery)). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
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 2 Sep 2026.