Clinical trials: Pregnancy - Prenatal Testing
Obesity in Pregnancy
Antenatal Testing in Obese Woman, is it Really Necessary?
It is well established that obese women are at an increased risk of stillbirth compared to non obese women. This has led many physicians to begin antenatal testing in obese women in the third trimester through either nonstress…
- Trial name
- ATOWS (NCT02821988)
- Testing
- External fetal monitor for Nonstress test, Ultrasonography for Biophysical profile
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Tennessee
Pregnancy
Evaluation of a Decision Assisting Tool for Prenatal Testing
This is a randomized study of an interactive, computerized descision-assisting tool for prenatal testing decision making (PT Tool) versus standard educational booklets distributed to all pregnant women by the State of California…
- Trial name
- NCT00686062
- Testing
- Control - computerized age-appropriate prenatal testing educational brochure, PT Tool - interactive, computerized, prenatal testing decision tool
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 494 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Malaria, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Gestational Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and Azithromycin Treatment to Prevent Preterm Birth
The purpose of this study is to examine whether treatment of pregnant Malawian women with repeated doses of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and azithromycin antibiotics will prevent preterm deliveries and result in other health…
- Conditions
- Malaria, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Preterm Birth, Pregnancy
- Trial name
- NCT00131235
- Testing
- Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine treatment twice during pregnancy, Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine at 4-week intervals, Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine every 4 weeks + azithromycin twice
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 1,320 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tampere University
Maternal Stress, Fetal Well-Being
The Effect of Watching Cat Videos on Non-Stress Test Results And Stress Parameters in Pregnant Women
Pregnancy is a period in which women are physiologically and psychologically vulnerable, and the stress experienced can affect both maternal mental health and fetal well-being.
- Trial name
- NCT07332039
- Testing
- Group watching cat videos, Non-Video Watching Group
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Hereditary Cancer Syndrome
Feasibility Trial of Combination of Obstetrical Carrier Screening and Hereditary Cancer Screening
The investigators hypothesize that preconception and pregnancy may be a feasible and effective time to offer inherited cancer risk screening.
- Trial name
- FOCUS (NCT07195071)
- Testing
- Natera empower comprehensive hereditary cancer panel, Obstetrical carrier screening
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Anxiety, Fetal Distress
Music Therapy on High Risk Pregnant Women of Non-Stress Test
Non-stress testing (NST) is one of the most commonly used methods to assess fetal health in the prenatal period because it is an easily interpreted, non-invasive, painless, and short-term diagnostic method.
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Fetal Distress, Music
- Trial name
- NCT04986475
- Testing
- Music Therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 116 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Selcuk University
Pregnancy Complications
Early PrEgnancy Complications Testing
The aim of this study is the early (presymptomatic) detection of pregnancy complications, which could contribute to a preventive treatment.
- Trial name
- ExPECT (NCT04079361)
- Testing
- Blood samples
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Ghent
HIV Infections, Pregnancy Related
HIV Testing Strategies in the Perinatal Setting
The purpose of the study is to determine whether an abbreviated pretest/post-test CDC recommended counseling is as equally acceptable to prenatal patients as the standard strategy using prenatal care nurses and medical providers…
- Trial name
- NCT00503308
- Testing
- Abbreviated HIV test counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 281 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Pregnancy Related
The Effects of Using Virtual Reality Glasses During the Non-Stress Test
The aim of this study to determine the effect of virtual reality glasses use on anxiety, stress and fetal well-being during the non-stress test.
- Trial name
- NCT05711875
- Testing
- Virtual Reality (VR) glasses
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 71 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Inonu University
Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer
Attitudes About Childbearing And Fertility With Inherited Breast And Ovarian Cancer Syndromes (HBOC)
Objectives: To evaluate the attitudes and opinions of women undergoing genetic counseling for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome, both before and after testing, in regards to pregnancy and fertility Hypothesis…
- Trial name
- NCT00829959
- Testing
- Questionnaire
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 156 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Pregnant Women
Ultra-early Identification of Fetal Chromosomal Characteristics From Extravillous-trophoblast Cells
Demonstrate the efficacy of an ultra-early, non-invasive prenatal diagnostic method adaptable to various genetic indications to detect fetal chromosomal abnormalities.
- Trial name
- CellF-Cervix (NCT06523543)
- Testing
- Inclusion (Visit 1 - Week 7-16), Second semester of pregnancy (Visit 2 - Week 20-24), Third semester of pregnancy (Visit 3- Week 34)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier
Smoking Cessation, Pregnancy Related
PRAMS: Peer-support To Reduce Antenatal Maternal Smoking
The goal of this feasibility is test the feasibility of conducting a randomised trial of the use of an online peer support group to promote smoking cessation and enhance sustained abstinence for women who smoke in pregnancy.
- Trial name
- PRAMS (NCT06595199)
- Testing
- Online peer support
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King's College London
Anxiety, Attitude
The Effect of Prenatal Genetic Counseling Service
The research is planned as a randomized controlled experimental study in order to determine the effect of prenatal genetic counseling service on the anxiety levels and attitudes of pregnant women towards prenatal diagnostic tests…
- Trial name
- NCT05508854
- Testing
- prenatal genetic counselling
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mersin University
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.
Syphilis
The Feasibility of Implementing Syphilis Point-of-care Testing Into a Prenatal Clinic for People Facing Barriers to Care
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a finger-prick blood test for rapid diagnosis of syphilis infection can be implemented in a low-barrier prenatal clinic for people at risk of syphilis in pregnancy.
- Trial name
- PRESSING (NCT06829602)
- Testing
- Rapid Syphilis/HIV point-of-care test
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Chromosome 13 Aneuploidy, Chromosome 18 Aneuploidy
Non-invasive Prenatal Diagnostic Validation Study
The primary purpose of this study is to collect maternal blood samples from pregnant women to develop a non-invasive prenatal diagnostic test based on fetal DNA isolated from maternal blood.
- Conditions
- Chromosome 13 Aneuploidy, Chromosome 18 Aneuploidy, Chromosome 21 Aneuploidy, Sex Chromosome Aberrations
- Trial name
- NIPD (NCT01574781)
- Testing
- Blood draw, Cheek swab/Saliva Sampling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,781 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Natera, Inc.
Trisomy 13, Trisomy 18
Prenatal Non-invasive Aneuploidy Test Utilizing SNPs Trial
This prospective blinded study will assess the diagnostic capability of an informatics enhanced SNP based technology (Parental Support) to identify pregnant women who are carrying a fetus with an aneuploidy from fee floating DNA…
- Conditions
- Trisomy 13, Trisomy 18, Trisomy 21, Aneuploidy
- Trial name
- PreNATUS (NCT01545674)
- Testing
- Blood Draw
- Where
- 29 sites in United States, Canada and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 937 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Natera, Inc.
IUGR, Fetal Growth Retardation
Cardiac Displacement From Third Trimester to Early Childhood
The aim is to increase awareness of the relationship between (IUGR) and cardiac function in the foetus, the development of cardiac function over time after delivery and what significance a possible early disturbed myocardial…
- Conditions
- IUGR, Fetal Growth Retardation, Intrauterine Growth Restriction
- Trial name
- CADETTE (NCT02583763)
- Testing
- Echocardiography, Blood sample
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Linkoeping
Pregnancy
Assessment of Women's Insight and Understanding of Down's Syndrome Screening by Non-invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) During Their First Ultrasound
Down's syndrome is the leading cause for mental retardation in France. Screening for this chromosomal abnormality is systematically proposed during pregnancy.
- Trial name
- DEPIST21 (NCT03549286)
- Testing
- Questionnaire passation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CHU de Reims
Pregnancy Related
Cell-Based Noninvasive Prenatal Testing
The purpose of the overall study is to develop improved methods for recovery and analysis of fetal cells from the mother's blood in order to develop clinically useful forms of cell-based, diagnostic, noninvasive prenatal testing…
- Trial name
- NIPT (NCT05245266)
- Testing
- Redraw for analysis of blood samples from healthy pregnant women
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Luna Genetics