Stress in Pregnancy During the Covid19 Pandemic and Impact on the Newborn Neurodevelopment

NCT ID: NCT06362486

Last Updated: 2024-04-12

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

1000 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-08-01

Study Completion Date

2024-08-01

Brief Summary

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The Covid19 pandemic, paradoxically, represents a valuable opportunity to carry out cohort studies that allow us to advance our knowledge about the relationship between inflammation, brain development and an increased risk of suffering from neuropsychiatric disorders or alterations. In addition, the current availability of sophisticated biological techniques and evaluation procedures represents an unique option for this purpose.

Here, we propose a cohort study of sars-cov-2 (type 2 coronavirus causing severe acute respiratory syndrome) infected pregnant women and newborns. We will try to answer the following questions: (i) what is the inflammatory / immune status of newborns (NBs) of mothers infected by Covid19 like?; (ii) is there a relationship between the clinical characteristics of the maternal infection (severity / moment / of infection) and the inflammatory status of the newborn?; (iii) could these features increase the vulnerability to developing central nervous system (CNS) alterations at an early age, and at some point during adult life ?; (iv) How is the Covid19 infected mother's placenta altered? Do the placental alterations Covid19 mediated contribute to develop CNS alterations?; (v) is the infection associated with phenotypes obtained through neurological and neurodevelopmental clinical evaluation (hypotonia, clumsiness, impaired communication and sociability) in children at 6 months and 12 months?

Our main objective is to explore how the presence of stressors and prenatal sars-cov-2 infection generates an abnormal inflammatory activity in the newborn, which is associated with neurodevelopmental disorders and which confers a greater risk of developing neuropsychiatric disorders. The biological information of the umbilical cord (fetus blood) and peripheral blood of the mother obtained after childbirth was provided by the cohort of women during the Covid19 pandemic monitored during their pregnancy, delivery, childbirth and postpartum. These samples and the clinical characterisation of the cohort of mothers and newborns, of which we will be able to do an exhaustive longitudinal follow-up, are tremendously valuable at this time. There is a need to establish new research strategies to understand the pathophysiology of neuropsychiatric diseases, and to discover new molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in the development of the CNS.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Covid19 and Pregnancy

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Cohort A N=1000

neurodevelopment assessment by pediatrician, need to refer to neurodevelopmental assessment by specialized team. m-chat. autism diagnosis.

Severity of infection, time of infection.

Intervention Type OTHER

Severity of infection, time of infection.

Cohort B N=500

Mental health assessment

Mental health assessment

Intervention Type OTHER

Mental health assessment

Cohort C N=100

biological

biological

Intervention Type OTHER

Prognostic immunologic factors associated with cognitive impairment in children born of sars-cov-2-infected mothers.

Interventions

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Severity of infection, time of infection.

Severity of infection, time of infection.

Intervention Type OTHER

Mental health assessment

Mental health assessment

Intervention Type OTHER

biological

Prognostic immunologic factors associated with cognitive impairment in children born of sars-cov-2-infected mothers.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 1\. over 18 years old
* 2\. Ultrasound-confirmed pregnancy
* 3\. infected (past or present) or non-infected with Covid19

Exclusion Criteria

* 1\. presents alcohol abuse during pregnancy
* 2\. other concomitant causes of risk of demonstrated neurodevelopmental disorders
* 3\. presents drug abuse except tobacco during pregnancy
* 4\. under 18 years of age
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Fundación Pública Andaluza para la gestión de la Investigación en Sevilla

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío

Seville, , Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

Other Identifiers

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SIGNATURE

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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