Active clinical trials for "Eclampsia"

A large number of studies on MVs from syncytiotrophoblasts support the hypothesis of their involvement in pre-eclampsia, via their multiple effects, among others as pro-coagulant, immuno-stimulatory and anti-angiogenic factors. The main objective is to compare the total concentration of the main populations of MVs in the maternal blood of a population of pre-eclamptic patients to those of a population of non-pre-eclamptic patients.

Cardiovascular disease and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are the leading causes of maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States. Postpartum, in office care has demonstrated to be an insufficient model of hypertensive management postpartum, largely due to barriers that women face in accessing in office care, with stark racial disparities in access. The care of postpartum patients with HDP following delivery is made up of either a single postpartum visit at 6 weeks postpartum or a fragmented and non-standardized series of in-person appointments depending on the patients' medical complications and the clinicians' experience. Further, current society guidelines outline inpatient thresholds for initiation of antihypertensive medication but do not provide recommendations for titration thereafter. The proposed study will investigate the acceptability and effectiveness of an algorithm-based, outpatient treatment model for the management of postpartum hypertension utilizing an asynchronous text-based platform as compared to the standard of care for postpartum women with a diagnosis of Hypertensive disorder of pregnancy at Massachusetts General Hospital.

This study is designed in two parts. Part 1 will assess the safety and tolerability of different doses of RLX030 when given to pregnant women with pre- eclampsia (elevated blood pressure with protein in urine). Part 2 will assess whether an optimal dose of RLX030 can prolong pregnancy in women with pre-eclampsia.

To evaluate cardiovascular health, especially endothelial health, of women after pre-eclampsia compared to women without pre-eclampsia, and to compare women who had taken PETN during pregnancy with women who had not attempted treatment

To determine the efficacy and safety of sildenafil citrate in the treatment of established pre-eclampsia

This is a descriptive pilot study on a ready-constituted biobank (outside the Jardé Law). It is an ancillary study to the "GrossPath" cohort (RCB ID number: 2014-A01120-47). Pregnancy generates an increased risk of thrombosis, and placenta-mediated diseases constitute a risk factor for cardiovascular pathologies responsible for significant maternal-fetal morbidity and mortality. Understanding and exploring the cellular and molecular mechanisms of dysfunctions of the vascular-placental interface could provide arguments to understand the systemic vascular risk, characterize it and finally detect it on the basis of new markers, thus opening the way for targeted preventive management to reinforce the general principles of precision medicine. Netosis is a process of activation of neutrophils, which then generate filaments containing DNA, enzymes and extracellular histones. Netosis occurs in pregnancy and is increased in vascular-placental complications. It can be studied by measuring circulating histones, particularly the citrullinated histone H3. Levels of this modified histone H3, as well as those of two other modifications, have recently been shown to increase during pregnancy. These levels have also been shown to be even greater in pregnancy complications. The aim of this study is to complete this mapping in order to obtain a precise signature for all post-translational histone modifications in normal pregnancies and pregnancies complicated by pre-eclampsia from the "GrossPath" cohort in order to propose new circulating biomarkers for placental vascular pathologies. The post-translational histone modification profiles (mapping) of pregnant women with normal pregnancies will be compared with those developing pre-eclampsia.

The target population for our study is healthy nulliparous pregnant women (first pregnancy) between the 12-16 week of pregnancy. If a subject is eligible, written consent will be obtained by person to person contact. Eligible participants will be randomized to receive either daily L-citrulline supplementation or placebo.

The overall aims of this proposal are to improve, facilitate, optimize and equalize the existing screening system for adverse pregnancy outcomes in early pregnancy in order to limit adverse consequences for both the mother and infant, by: Creating a Swedish prediction model with population-specific risk factors, optimized for the Swedish health care system, identifying high-risk women for preterm preeclampsia and validate the model within the cohort. This would give us the possibility to start aspirin prophylaxis in time, which has been proven to reduce the risk of developing preterm preeclampsia by 50%. Validating the Fetal Medicine Foundation prediction model for detection of preterm (< 37 gestational weeks) preeclampsia in a Swedish population. Creating a prediction model identifying high-risk women for overall preeclampsia during pregnancy and birth of a small for gestational age infant in order to plan individualized surveillance for early detection, which has been proven beneficial for both the mother and infant. Creating a national pregnancy biobank with blood samples and individual clinical registry data, including pregnancy outcomes, enabling future research on prevention and early detection for various adverse pregnancy outcomes which could be such as preterm birth and intrauterine growth restriction.

This is a double blinded, placebo-controlled trial to determine if IV dexamethasone more quickly than placebo assists resolution of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) encountered in eclamptic patients. All patients regardless of assignment to placebo or steroid will receive standard therapy to include magnesium sulfate, blood pressure medications and diuretics. We hypothesize that the addition of dexamethasone to standard therapy will accelerate CNS recovery more quickly than standard management without dexamethasone.

Phenylephrine administration is associated with reductions in CO and SctO2 compared with ephedrine when used for blood pressure management in women with pre-eclampsia undergoing cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia.