Biological Changes Associated With High Risk of Preeclampsia in Nulliparous Women

NCT ID: NCT06200571

Last Updated: 2025-12-12

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-05-22

Study Completion Date

2032-12-31

Brief Summary

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Primary outcome

1. to identify biological changes in nulliparous women at high risk for preeclampsia defined by combined screening by Fetal Medicine Foundation (FMF)
2. to identify biological effects of aspirin in nulliparous women with high risk for preeclampsia

Secondary outcomes include findings of longitudinal development and predictive potential of biological markers associated with high-risk for preeclampsia and aspirin treatment.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Is high risk for preeclampsia associated with biological changes during pregnancy?
* How does aspirin modulate the biological changes associated with high risk for preeclampsia?

Nulliparous women will undergo routine clinical care at two regional hospitals with different treatment strategies, and selected to the study in three groups: low risk of preeclampsia, high risk of preeclampsia without aspirin, and high-risk of preeclampsia with aspirin treatment.

Detailed Description

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St. Olavs Hospital offers FMF-screening in week 11-14 and aspirin treatment through the "Implementing Screening for Preeclampsia in Norway With Aspirin Discontinuation at 24-28 Weeks - a Randomized Controlled Trial" (NCT06108947). FMF-screening and aspirin treatment are not part of routine clinical care at Alesund Hospital according to current recommendations from the Norwegian health authorities. Alesund Hospital will therefore perform FMF-screening only to determine the project specific study groups. Researchers will compare the three groups to identify biological changes associated with high risk for preeclampsia and the effect of aspirin.

FMF- screening will be performed in week 11-14 after written, informed consent (approved by the the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics in Central Norway (REK-midt), REK 537602). Screening includes patient history, blood pressure, uterine artery mean pulsatile index and serum placenta growth factor (PlGF). Standardized blood pressure will be measured by trained personnel. Ultrasound scans will be performed by FMF certified doctors and midwives working at Alesund Hospital and the Center for Fetal Medicine at St.Olavs Hospital in Trondheim. PlGF in maternal serum will be analyzed with Roche or Kryptor technology.

The investigators will include around 200 women, 18 years or older, with a singleton live fetus, in three groups:

* Nulliparous women with low risk for preeclampsia (at both hospitals)
* Nulliparous women with high risk for preeclampsia without aspirin (at Alesund Hospital)
* Nulliparous women with high risk for preeclampsia with aspirin (at St. Olavs Hospital)

Follow-up: all three groups will have visits in week 22-24, 32 and 38, and standard antenatal care after 37 weeks until delivery. Fetal growth and Doppler will be assessed at the scheduled visits and according to clinical judgement by obstetricians at the outpatient clinic of the hospital. Women will have follow-up 6 months after birth.

Blood and urine will be sampled at five time points for all three groups (week 11-14, 22-24, 32, 38 and 6 months after birth) for biological analyses. Placenta samples and umbilical venous blood will be sampled at delivery.

Biological materials will be investigated to answer the research questions described. Biological changes in serum will be measured as cytokines by multiplex, metabolites by NMR-analysis, and lipids by NMR-analysis. Vascular changes in the placenta will be measured by histopathological evaluation.

The study will be registered in Clinicaltrials.gov

Funding and sponsors: The study is funded by Helse-Midt Norge RHF. The funding source has played no role in design of the study and will have no role in data collection, analyses, interpretation or publication.

Participants: Ann-Charlotte Iversen, professor, Phd, Project leader Åse Turid Rossevatn Svoren, consultant, MD, Phd candidate, Kjell Åsmund Salvesen, professor, MD, PhD, Solveig Bjellmo, consultant, MD, Phd

Conditions

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Preeclampsia

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Nulliparous women with low risk for preeclampsia

Nulliparous women with low risk for preeclampsia by FMF-screening in the first trimester. Follow-up in week 22-24, 32, 36 and 6 months after delivery wtih clinical measurements, ultrasound doppler, blood- and urin samples.

No interventions assigned to this group

Nulliparous women with high risk for preeclampsia without aspirin

Nulliparous women with high risk for preeclampsia by FMF-screening in the first trimester. Follow-up in week 22-24, 32, 36 and 6 months after delivery wtih clinical measurements, ultrasound doppler, blood- and urin samples.

No interventions assigned to this group

Nulliparous women with high risk for preeclampsia with aspirin

Nulliparous women with high risk for preeclampsia by FMF-screening in the first trimester. Follow-up in week 22-24, 32, 36 and 6 months after delivery wtih clinical measurements, ultrasound doppler, blood- and urin samples. Aspirin tablets 150 mg daily in the evening from first trimester to week 36 of pregnancy.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18 years or older
* nulliparous women
* singleton live fetus
* FMF risk \> 1/100 (high risk), or \< 1/150 (low risk)

Exclusion Criteria

* not speaking Norwegian or English language
* fetal anomalies diagnosed with ultrasound
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Alesund Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

St. Olavs Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Ann-Charlotte Iversen, Professor

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Locations

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Alesund Hospital

Ålesund, , Norway

Site Status

St. Olavs Hospital

Trondheim, , Norway

Site Status

Countries

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Norway

Related Links

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https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.752660

Cytokine patterns in maternal serum from first trimester to term and beyond

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091923

Metabolomic biomarkers in serum and urine in women with preeclampsia

Other Identifiers

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537602

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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