Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy and Female Fetal Testosterone Levels
NCT ID: NCT02610751
Last Updated: 2019-08-28
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
80 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2016-01-31
2019-08-26
Brief Summary
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* The investigators hope by performing this study, they will help to uncover the effect of tobacco exposure in utero on human female fetal testosterone levels, thus improving the counseling for tobacco use in pregnancy.
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Detailed Description
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Although there have been a few animal studies that have investigated the effects of maternal nicotine exposure on fetal testosterone levels with review of the epidemiologic literature on subsequent adverse implications, no known human studies have been performed to further investigate the relationship between maternal smoking during pregnancy and female fetal testosterone levels.
Conditions
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Study Design
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CASE_CONTROL
PROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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Smoking
No interventions were applied to this group. Measurements of female fetal testosterone, maternal cotinine and testosterone levels, newborn anogenital distance, second digit to fourth digit (2D:4D) finger length ratio, newborn length and birth weight are collected.
No interventions assigned to this group
Non-smoking
No interventions were applied to this group. Measurements of female fetal testosterone, maternal cotinine and testosterone levels, newborn anogenital distance, second digit to fourth digit (2D:4D) finger length ratio, newborn length and birth weight are collected.
No interventions assigned to this group
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Current singleton pregnancy
* Recruited prior to 3rd trimester lab visit
* Known female fetus confirmed by Ultrasound, typically performed 18 to 22 weeks, or later gestational age (GA)
* Self reported smoker (of at least ½ pack per day) or non-smoker documented in electronic chart.
* Eligibility will not be limited by desired mode of delivery
Exclusion Criteria
* Patients considered light smokers, who self report smoking less than ½ pack per day.
* Patients with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
18 Years
FEMALE
Yes
Sponsors
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TriHealth Inc.
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Dave Dhanraj, MD, MBA
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
TriHealth Inc.
Locations
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Good Samaritan Hospital
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Bethesda North Hospital
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Countries
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References
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US); National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (US); Office on Smoking and Health (US). How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US); 2010. Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK53017/
Duskova M, Hruskovicova H, Simunkova K, Starka L, Parizek A. The effects of smoking on steroid metabolism and fetal programming. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2014 Jan;139:138-43. doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2013.05.003. Epub 2013 May 14.
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Fowler PA, Bhattacharya S, Flannigan S, Drake AJ, O'Shaughnessy PJ. Maternal cigarette smoking and effects on androgen action in male offspring: unexpected effects on second-trimester anogenital distance. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Sep;96(9):E1502-6. doi: 10.1210/jc.2011-1100. Epub 2011 Jul 13.
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Ravnborg TL, Jensen TK, Andersson AM, Toppari J, Skakkebaek NE, Jorgensen N. Prenatal and adult exposures to smoking are associated with adverse effects on reproductive hormones, semen quality, final height and body mass index. Hum Reprod. 2011 May;26(5):1000-11. doi: 10.1093/humrep/der011. Epub 2011 Feb 18.
Rizwan S, Manning JT, Brabin BJ. Maternal smoking during pregnancy and possible effects of in utero testosterone: evidence from the 2D:4D finger length ratio. Early Hum Dev. 2007 Feb;83(2):87-90. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.05.005. Epub 2006 Jun 30.
James WH. An update on the hypothesis that one cause of autism is high intrauterine levels of testosterone of maternal origin. J Theor Biol. 2014 Aug 21;355:33-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.03.036. Epub 2014 Apr 1.
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Gordon SS, Dhanraj DN, Ganga Devaiah C, Lambers DS. A Pilot Study of Exposure to Nicotine in Human Pregnancy and Maternal and Fetal Testosterone Levels at Birth. Reprod Sci. 2022 Nov;29(11):3254-3259. doi: 10.1007/s43032-022-00967-2. Epub 2022 Jun 6.
Other Identifiers
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15-063
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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