Predicting Complications in Women With Toxaemia
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00175526 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: September 15, 2005
Last Update Posted
: June 1, 2016
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment |
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Toxemia | Behavioral: preeclampsia |
In North America, pre-eclampsia ('toxaemia of pregnancy') is the most common cause for women to die during or shortly after pregnancy. It is also the most common reason for babies who are otherwise doing well to be delivered prematurely; this is with the intent purpose of protecting maternal health and safety. In many ways it is similar to the systemic inflammatory response syndrome ('septicaemia').
This project is part of a three part strategy to better understand the mechanisms of disease in pre-eclampsia and to investigate a potential disease-modifying therapy, namely, recombinant human activated protein C. We have surveyed Canadian practice, and undertaken both feasibility and pilot studies for this project.
At present, the management of pre-eclampsia is guided by expert opinions that are not well-based on firm evidence. What is required is a clinical tool that can accurately determine a women's risk for adverse outcomes, and thereby reduce the risk for women while safely prolonging pregnancies remote from term (to improve fetal outcomes). This research project, 'a severity score for pre-eclampsia,' will develop such a clinical tool that is specific to the condition. To develop and validate the tool we will recruit 3000 women in Canada, the UK, and Australasia who are admitted to a hospital with either pre-eclampsia or one of its variants. At the same time, because the majority of deaths associated with pre-eclampsia occur in low and middle income countries, we will recruit 3000 women from Uganda, China, Fiji, South Africa and Pakistan with pre-eclampsia. We will use this cohort to test the model and ensure it accurately predicts risk in this new population.
This severity score will be used clinically (to guide management) and in research (in both clinical trials and basic science research), and will provide an evidence base on which to build future practice, improving outcomes for pregnant women and their babies.
Study Type : | Observational |
Actual Enrollment : | 650 participants |
Observational Model: | Case-Only |
Time Perspective: | Prospective |
Official Title: | PIERS (Pre-eclampsia Integrated Estimate of RiSk) Model: Predicting Adverse Maternal Outcomes in Pre-eclampsia |
Study Start Date : | September 2005 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2010 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2010 |

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Behavioral: preeclampsia
- To identify the maternal and fetal variables predictive of a combined adverse maternal outcome occurring within one week of hospital admission for pre-eclampsia [ Time Frame: Unknown at this time ]
- To identify whether these also predict the combined adverse maternal outcome at any time following admission ii to identify whether these variables can predict a combined adverse perinatal outcome both (a) within one week and (b) at any time foll [ Time Frame: Unknown at this time ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 16 Years to 45 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Sampling Method: | Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
These criteria reflect the evidence that pre-eclampsia is more than hypertension and proteinuria, particularly at onset:
- Hypertension. sBP >140mmHg and/or dBP >90mmHg, twice, >4h apart after 20 weeks' gestation. sBP will be included to reflect international guidelines.
- Proteinuria. 24h urinary protein >0.3g/d3, or in the absence of a 24h urine collection: >2+ dipstick proteinuria after 20wk or a random protein:creatinine ratio >30mg protein/mmol creatinine106-108.
- HELLP syndrome that is non-hypertensive and non-proteinuric, using Sibai's criteria109,
- One eclamptic seizure without preceding hypertension or proteinuria ('BEST' definition of eclampsia38).
- Women admitted with suspected 'superimposed pre-eclampsia' will also be included (e.g., those with a history of pre-existing hypertension with new proteinuria (>2+) or accelerated hypertension3;23;24).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Occurrence of the maternal outcome (e.g., recurrent eclampsia) prior to collection of the predictors.
- Admission to hospital in spontaneous labour (as clinicians will not attempt to stop these labours).

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00175526
Canada, British Columbia | |
Children's and Women's Health Centre of BC | |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V5Z 1L8 | |
Canada, Ontario | |
Kingston General Hospital | |
Kingston, Ontario, Canada | |
Ottawa Hospital-General Campus | |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | |
Canada, Quebec | |
le Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke | |
Sherbrook, Quebec, Canada | |
New Zealand | |
Christchurch Women's Hospital | |
Christchurch, New Zealand | |
United Kingdom | |
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | |
Leeds, United Kingdom |
Principal Investigator: | Peter von Dadelszen, MD | University of British Columbia |
Responsible Party: | University of British Columbia |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00175526 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
H03-70137 |
First Posted: | September 15, 2005 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | June 1, 2016 |
Last Verified: | May 2016 |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Toxemia Sepsis Infection |
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Inflammation Pathologic Processes |