Use of Sildenafil Citrate in Management of Mild Pre-eclampsia

NCT ID: NCT03262961

Last Updated: 2017-08-28

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE2/PHASE3

Total Enrollment

80 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-09-15

Study Completion Date

2018-01-15

Brief Summary

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* Mild pre-eclampsia represents 75% of cases with pre-eclampsia, possible progression to severe pre-eclampsia makes mild pre-eclampsia a serious problem that requires attention.
* Previous studies have shown that expectant and conservative management of pre-eclampsia in the context of extreme prematurity may improve perinatal outcomes. Indeed, it has been estimated that for each additional day of pregnancy prolongation between 24 and 32 weeks of gestation, there is a nonlinear corresponding gain of 1% in fetal survival.
* Sildenafil citrate has been used for increasing utero-placental perfusion in cases with intrauterine growth restriction, which makes it a promising drug in management of mild pre-eclampsia.

Detailed Description

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\- Pre-eclampsia affects approximately 2-8% of all pregnancies worldwide. In Egypt, the prevalence of pre-eclampsia is 10.7% in a community based study. While, in hospital based studies it ranged from 9.1% to 12.5% of all deliveries. The incidence of pre-eclampsia has risen in the developing countries and even in the developed countries as the USA since the 1990s. Among the hypertensive disorders that complicate pregnancy, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia stand as major causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Nearly one tenth of all maternal deaths in Africa and Asia and one quarter in Latin America are associated with hypertensive diseases in pregnancy, a category that includes pre-eclampsia and the complications that are related to it.

However, the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia is only partially understood and it is related to disturbances in placentation at the beginning of pregnancy, followed by generalized inflammation and progressive endothelial damage. There are other uncertainties too: the diagnosis, screening and management of pre-eclampsia remain controversial, as does the classification and the degree of its severity.

However, it is generally accepted as published in the different journals and in the WHO recommendations that the onset of a new episode of hypertension during pregnancy (with persistent systolic blood pressure 140 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure 90 mm Hg or more) with the occurrence of substantial proteinuria (\>0.3 g/24 h or confirmation of proteinuria by semiquantitative urine dipstick analysis with a result of at least 1+) can be used as criteria for identifying pre-eclampsia.

Although pathophysiological changes (e.g. inadequate placentation) exist from very early stages of the pregnancy, hypertension and proteinuria usually become apparent in the second half of pregnancy.

Complications of pre-eclampsia can affect both the mother and the fetus. Acutely, pre-eclampsia can be complicated by eclampsia , the development of HELLP Syndrome , hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke, liver damage and dysfunction, acute kidney injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).

So early detection of pre-eclampsia and prevention of the occurrence of any of its complications would save the lives of many women and prevent the possible devastating maternal and neonatal outcome of pre-eclampsia, That's why we are concerned in our study with pre-eclampsia, covering the gestational age from 28 - 36 weeks.

Mild pre-eclampsia represents 75% of cases with pre-eclampsia, possible progression to severe pre-eclampsia makes mild pre-eclampsia a serious problem that requires attention.

Previous studies have shown that expectant and conservative management of pre-eclampsia in the context of extreme prematurity may improve perinatal outcomes. Indeed, it has been estimated that for each additional day of pregnancy prolongation between 24 and 32 weeks of gestation, there is a nonlinear corresponding gain of 1% in fetal survival.

Sildenafil citrate has been used for increasing utero-placental perfusion in cases with intrauterine growth restriction, which makes it a promising drug in management of mild pre-eclampsia.

Its action is similar to the action of nitric oxide, which is a potent vasodilator, especially for the venules, besides being an inhibitor of platelet aggregation. During pregnancy, nitric oxide is synthesized in in utero-placental tissues and endothelial cells, helping to maintain low vascular resistance in the utero- and fetoplacental circulations. Phosphodiesterase metabolizes cyclic guanosine monophosphate; therefore, phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibition leads to cyclic guanosine monophosphate increase with associated vasodilation, independently of nitric oxide. Therefore, phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors have the potential to achieve similar therapeutic goals when compared with nitric oxide.

A potential advantage of phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors is that they may overcome the main limitation to nitric oxide use in pregnancy, which is tolerance and headaches. The most studied phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor is sildenafil citrate, which has previously shown promising outcomes both in vitro and in animal studies.

That is why we decided to study the role of Sildenafil Citrate in expectant and conservative management of mild pre-eclampsia, as it has shown its ability to be beneficial to both the mother and the fetus through increasing the maternofetal circulation perfusion and achieving a maternal hemodynamic stability and compare it to the current NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) guidelines that are currently used, that recommends conservative management of mild pre-eclampsia through control of maternal blood pressure and frequent screening of maternal laboratory investigations' abnormalities to detect possible progression to severe pre-eclamptic toxemia.

Conditions

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Pre-Eclampsia; Mild

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

\- Double blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors
\- It's a double blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

Study Groups

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Intervention Group

• The intervention group will be supplied with Sildenafil Citrate (Respatio® 20mg tablets manufactured by Pharma Right Group , Egypt) according to the patient's weight by the rate of (1.5 mg/kg/day) divided into three doses per day ( every 8 hours) till termination of pregnancy.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Sildenafil 20 MG

Intervention Type DRUG

Control Group

\- The control group will be supplied with a placebo drug that has the same shape, size and color but without the active ingredient and it would also be taken in a similar way. The placebo tablet will be manufactured at the faculty of pharmacy, Assiut University.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo Oral Tablet

Intervention Type DRUG

Interventions

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Sildenafil 20 MG

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo Oral Tablet

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Sildenafil Citrate 20 mg ( Respatio® 20 mg) Placebo drug

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Uncomplicated mild pre-eclampsia; No clinical or investigatory findings suggestive severe pre-eclamptic toxemia.
2. Gestational age of 28 - 36 weeks by good dates according to ACOG's - committee on obstetric practice - Method for Estimating Due Date (2014) who will receive the study's drug for at least one week before termination.
3. Singleton viable pregnancy.
4. Age: 18-35 years.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Severe pre-eclamptic toxemia (according to the NICE guidelines (2010): Hypertension in pregnancy: diagnosis and management)
2. Intrauterine growth retardation.
3. Use of medication that could interact with sildenafil citrate such as nitrates erythromycin, ketoconazole, itraconazole, antiretroviral agents and others.
4. Presence of maternal co-morbidity disease as: DM, chronic hypertension, congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease and SLE.
5. Placenta previa.
6. The patient is using aspirin.
7. The presence of a contraindication to the use of sildenafil citrate:

* Hypersensitivity to sildenafil citrate or any of the tablet ingredients.
* Patients with severe cardiovascular disease such as established cardiac failure and unstable angina pectoris.
* Previous episode of non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy.
* Severe hepatic impairment.
* Hypotension (blood pressure \<90/50 mmHg).
* Hypertension (blood pressure \>170/110 mmHg).
* Recent history of stroke or myocardial infarction.
* Known hereditary degenerative retinal disorders such as retinitis pigmentosa.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

35 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Assiut University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Fady Nasef Tous Abdallah

Resident of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department - Assiut University

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Fady Abdallah

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Assiut University

Hasan Kamel

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Assiut University

Hisham Abou-Taleb

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Assiut University

Locations

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Assiut Univeristy Hospitals

Asyut, , Egypt

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Egypt

Central Contacts

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Fady Abdallah

Role: CONTACT

00201002837042

Hisham Abou-Taleb

Role: CONTACT

00201003332139

Facility Contacts

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Abdallah Hamed

Role: primary

01002621430

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Other Identifiers

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assiutu252

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Identifier Source: org_study_id

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