Evaluating Clinical Parameters of COVID-19 in Pregnancy

NCT ID: NCT04470583

Last Updated: 2020-10-12

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

116 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-10-09

Study Completion Date

2021-12-02

Brief Summary

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Coronavirus infection, also known as COVID-19, has become a global pandemic with over 3 million cases and 250,000 deaths worldwide. Coronaviruses (CoV) belong to a family of viruses that predominately infect mammals and birds, affecting their lungs, intestinal tract, liver and nervous systems. Prior to the discovery of the current novel coronavirus strain (SARS-CoV-2), there were six different strains that are known to infect humans, which includes the virus that caused the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) pandemic in 2002. In humans, the majority of severe illness from SARs and COVID-19 is due to inflammation of the lungs and pneumonia. Pregnancy poses a significantly increased risk of viral pneumonia and during SARS more pregnant women required intensive care and breathing support, and the proportion of deaths was higher when compared to non-pregnant adults. Furthermore, kidney failure and development of abnormal blood clotting disorders, which occurs during severe infection, is more common in pregnancy and the associated changes in blood vessels extend to the placentas of infected pregnant women, thus potentially affecting the fetus. This makes pregnant women affected by the virus at high risk of developing severe complications. Fortunately, there have been a number of biomarkers identified that are associated with illness severity. These include, specialised white blood cells, blood clotting cells and constituents, as well as other measures of heart and kidney function. We propose that these biomarkers are important correlates of clinical disease severity and prognosis in pregnant and postnatal women. This knowledge has the potential to help clinicians during this pandemic to better manage and care for their patients.

Detailed Description

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This study will be a retrospective case review using existing clinical data from participating centres. To date there have already been 18,000 confirmed cases in Greater London. Our study design will aim to include patients who were diagnosed with COVID-19 at the start of the pandemic as well as new and current cases.

The study design requires data to be extracted from National Health Service (NHS) electronic and paper notes, which will contain patient identifiable information. For confidentiality, all patient identifiable data will only be collected by members of the direct care team. This data will be encrypted and stored in a local NHS trust computer at participating sites. In order to maintain confidentiality, all data will then be anonymised before being inputted on a data collection tool and spreadsheet. Therefore, research teams will only be provided with a de-identified dataset. This data will be transferred across to the study co-ordination centre, following NHS information governance rules for data to be compiled and analysed. At the co-ordination centre, this data will be stored in an Imperial College London computer, and will only be accessible to the research team.

Conditions

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COVID-19 2019 Novel Coronavirus Infection COVID-19 Infection

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Mild/moderate COVID-19 affected pregnant and postnatal women

Pregnant and postnatal women who contracted COVID-19 and recovered without the need for ventilation will be classified as mild to moderate. Participants will be aged between 18-50 years old.

No interventions assigned to this group

Severe/Critical COVID-19 affected pregnant and postnatal women

Pregnant and postnatal women who are admitted to hospital after contracting COVID-19 and received ventilatory support before recovering will be classified as severe to critical. Participants will be aged between 18-50 years old.

These participants will be identified from Intensive Treatment Unit (ITU), and standard COVID-19 wards.

No interventions assigned to this group

Mild/moderate COVID-19 affected non-pregnant participants

Both male and non-pregnant female participants who contracted COVID-19 and recovered without the need for ventilation will be classified as mild to moderate. Participants will be aged between 18-60 years old.

No interventions assigned to this group

Severe/Critical COVID-19 affected non-pregnant participants

Both male and non-pregnant female participants who are admitted to hospital after contracting COVID-19 and received ventilatory support before recovering will be classified as severe to critical. Participants will be aged between 18-60 years old. These participants will be identified from Intensive Treatment Unit (ITU), and standard COVID-19 wards.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* COVID-19 infection
* 18-50 years for Groups A and B and 18-60 years for Groups C and D
* Female for groups A and B. Both male and female for groups C and D.

Exclusion Criteria

* Participants who have previously been part of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trial.
* Current hospital admission due to another respiratory disease, such as influenza.
* Obvious clinical deterioration due to another medical problem such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes or malignancy.
* Evidence of HIV infection and/or participants on anti-retroviral drug therapy.
* Participants on chemotherapy, biologics, immune-modulators or immunosuppressive drugs (not including intramuscular steroids for fetal lung maturity).
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Nishel Shah, MRCOG, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust

Locations

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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

London, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

London, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United Kingdom

Central Contacts

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Research Delivery Operations Manager

Role: CONTACT

020 3315 6825

Natasha Singh, MRCOG, MD

Role: CONTACT

Facility Contacts

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Research Delivery Operations Manager

Role: primary

020 3315 6825

Natasha Singh, MRCOG; MD

Role: backup

Research Delivery Operations Manager

Role: primary

020 3315 6825

Natasha Singh

Role: backup

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https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

The World Health Organisation's advice and guidance on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic

http://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

The UK Government's report on the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and risk in the UK

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Other Identifiers

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283995

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

C&W20/034

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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