Clinical trials: Fetal Heart Disorder
Congenital Heart Disease
Prenatal Effects of Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) on Neurodevelopmental Outcome
The purpose of this study is to investigate the prenatal impact of abnormal cardiac structure on neurodevelopmental outcomes in children with congenital heart disease.
- Trial name
- NCT00713635
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Congenital Heart Disease, Coarctation of Aorta
An Integrated Prenatal and Postnatal Treatment Model for the Treatment of Newborns With Critical Congenital Heart Disease
The purpose of this two-way cohort study was to explore whether an integrated prenatal and postnatal treatment model for neonates with critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) could be effective in avoiding preoperative…
- Conditions
- Congenital Heart Disease, Coarctation of Aorta, Aortic Stenosis, Pulmonary Atresia
- Trial name
- NCT06768008
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people
- Sponsor
- Beijing Anzhen Hospital
Nursing, Pregnant
The Effect of Stress Ball Application on Anxiety and Fetal Heart Rate Before Cesarean Section
This study will be conducted to determine the effect of stress ball application on anxiety and fetal heart rate in risk pregnant women before cesarean section.
- Conditions
- Nursing, Pregnant, Anxiety, Caesarean Section
- Trial name
- NCT06646835
- Testing
- Stress Ball Intervention
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 88 people
- Sponsor
- Ondokuz Mayıs University
Fetal Growth Retardation
Fetal Heart Rate Variability and Fetal Growth Restriction
There is growing evidence in the field of fetal heart rate variability revealing the fetal neurological state. Furthermore, fetal heart rate variability has shown potential as fetal surveillance in fetal growth restriction.
- Trial name
- (FGR) (NCT04288037)
- Testing
- fetal heart rate variability
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Gestational Diabetes
Fetal Cardiac Function Parameters and HbA1c As Screening for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
This is a prospective cohort study to assess the predictive value of fetal cardiac parameters, the change in fetal cardiac parameters (CFP), HbA1c, and/or the change in HbA1c (ΔHbA1c) for gestational diabetes.
- Trial name
- NCT05019508
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 114 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Turner Syndrome
Turner Syndrome Prenatal Diagnosis Study
The goal of this study is to compare the features of Turner syndrome in girls who are diagnosed before birth because of fetal concerns versus those who are diagnosed when their mother has an amniocentesis for another reason.
- Trial name
- NCT01668251
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Seattle Children's Hospital
Cardiovascular Phenotype, Metabolic Phenotype
Implications of Maternal 45,X Mosaicism as a Secondary Genomic Finding Following Cell-Free DNA Sequencing During Pregnancy: A Deep Phenotype Study
Background: Mosaicism is a condition in which cells within the same person have a different genetic makeup. Sometimes, a type of mosaicism called 45,X may not be discovered in a woman until she undergoes routine tests during…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Phenotype, Metabolic Phenotype, Hypertensive Disease, Psychological Phenotype
- Trial name
- NCT05548881
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Fetal Hypoxia
Assessment of Cardiac Sparing in Fetal Hypoxia
The fetal heart plays a central role in the adaptive mechanisms for hypoxemia and placental insufficiency. Longitudinal data on the hemodynamic sequence of the natural history of fetal growth restriction show that the umbilical…
- Trial name
- NCT03146507
- Testing
- Ultrasound, Doppler ultrasound, Fetal echocardiography
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 210 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Non Syndromic Congenital Heart
Non Syndromic Congenital Heart Defect and Array-CGH in Prenatal Diagnosis
Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH)-based microarrays are now often used during pregnancy in case of fetal polymalformation in order to assess significant genomic alterations.
- Trial name
- CAPA (NCT02333097)
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 78 people
- Sponsor
- Rennes University Hospital
Fetal Heart Rate Variability
Fetal Evaluation at Term Using Statistical ECG Signal Processing (FETUSES)
Background The fetal heart rate (FHR) is commonly monitored during labor to detect early fetal acidosis. FHR variability is traditionally investigated using Fourier transform, however, fetal conditions differ from adults (higher…
- Trial name
- FETUSES (NCT02835417)
- Volunteers
- 3,563 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Fetal Growth Retardation
Day to Day Variation in Fetal Heart Rate Variability
This study evaluates the day-to-day variation in fetal heart rate variability based on non-invasive fetal-ECG (NI-FECG). Furthermore, the effect of fetal movements on fetal heart rate variability will be assessed.
- Trial name
- (FHRV) (NCT04289350)
- Testing
- fetal heart rate variability
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Hypotension Symptomatic, Obstetric Anesthesia Problems
Prevention of Hypotension During Cesarean Section
The aim of this double-blind randomized study will be to compare a fixed-rate prophylactic noradrenaline infusion to a fixed-rate prophylactic phenylephrine infusion during elective cesarean section under combined spinal-epidural…
- Conditions
- Hypotension Symptomatic, Obstetric Anesthesia Problems, Cesarean Section Complications, Vasoconstriction
- Trial name
- NOR-PHEN (NCT03842046)
- Testing
- phenylephrine infusion, norepinephrine infusion
- Where
- 2 sites in Greece
- Volunteers
- 82 people
- Sponsor
- Aretaieion University Hospital
Preeclampsia
Ephedrine, Phenylephrine and Metaraminol Effects on Maternal Cardiac Output, Uterine Blood Flow and Fetal Circulation
It is a prospective clinical trial with random distribution that intends to investigate maternal and fetal effects of ephedrine, phenylephrine and metaraminol during cesarean delivery in patients with pre-eclampsia.
- Trial name
- NCT02245191
- Testing
- Ephedrine, Phenylephrine, Metaraminol
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Congenital Heart Defect, Heart Defects, Congenital
Fetal Cardiac Anomalies at Anomaly Scan: Detection and Pregnancy Outcomes - Assiut 2026
Congenital heart defects are among the most common congenital anomalies and cause significant perinatal morbidity and mortality. Prenatal detection allows counseling, multidisciplinary planning and optimization of delivery.
- Trial name
- NCT07832851
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Hemodynamic Instability, Epidural
Evaluate Efficacy Levobupivacaine 0.125% Versuss Ropivacaine 0.2% in Hemodynamic Alterations in Labor and Fetal Repercussions
INTRODUCTION: Most studies on analgesia in pregnant women in labor mainly evaluate the effect of anesthetics on pain, mentioning hypotension as a side effect without investigating its impact on fetal well-being.
- Conditions
- Hemodynamic Instability, Epidural, Pregnancy, Fetal Cardiac Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT05877131
- Testing
- Levobupivacaine, Ropivacaine
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Althaia Xarxa Assistencial Universitària de Manresa
Fetal Heart Disorder
Atomic Magnetometer for Fetal Biomagnetism
The goal of this study is the evaluation of an atomic magnetometer that is practical for human biomagnetism studies. The investigators have built a device that has the necessary sensitivity, and will be testing it on a small…
- Trial name
- NCT03057665
- Testing
- Atomic Biomagnetometer
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Trisomy 21, Trisomy 18
Study of the Efficacy of New Non-invasive Prenatal Tests for Screening for Fetal Trisomies Using Maternal Blood
Each year, 450,000 Canadian women become pregnant and, as a result of their participation in prenatal screening for Down syndrome, approximately 10,000 of them will have an amniocentesis (i.e.
- Conditions
- Trisomy 21, Trisomy 18, Trisomy 13
- Trial name
- PEGASUS (NCT01925742)
- Testing
- Integrated prenatal screening for Down's syndrome, Serum QUAD Assay for aneuploidy screening, Semiconductor MPSS NIPT assay using ccfDNA in maternal blood
- Where
- 5 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 3,819 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval
Trisomy 13, Trisomy 18
High Risk Multiple Gestation Study
The objectives of the clinical study are to demonstrate the accuracy of our proprietary algorithm method to determine the genetic health of the developing fetuses in a multiple gestation pregnancy from a maternal blood sample.
- Conditions
- Trisomy 13, Trisomy 18, Trisomy 21, Sex Chromosome Abnormalities
- Trial name
- NCT02278874
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 99 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Natera, Inc.
Pregnancy-Related Condition, Unspecified
Does Prone Position Alter Maternal Cardiorespiratory Status?
During pregnancy women may need or choose to undergo physical therapies such as physiotherapy, massage or osteopathy. Recent findings from studies of mothers who had a stillbirth in late pregnancy found that the position in which…
- Trial name
- NCT04586283
- Testing
- Maternal prone position
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester
Congenital Heart Defects
Use of Color Doppler in Routine Examination of Fetal Heart in Second Trimester
To evaluate the percentage of severe heart defect diagnosed with the use of color Doppler at a routine fetal scan in the second trimester of pregnancy
- Trial name
- NCT01201486
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 6,781 people
- Sponsor
- Helse Stavanger HF