Meditation and Mindfulness for Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Recurrent Pregnancy LossIn the Danish Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Unit in Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is defined as three og more consecutive pregnancy losses in accordance with current European guidelines. RPL affects approximately 3% of couples trying to achieve parenthood. Most cases of RPL are unexplained and have no effective treatment to improve the chance of a live birth. 42% of the women referred to RPL Unit in Rigshospitalet has a high stress level where as it's 22% in the background population trying to achieve parenthood. It's also known that 8,8 % of RPL patients have a depression at referral where as it's 2,2 % in the background population trying to achieve parenthood. The study is a RCT including 62 patients - 31 in each arm. One arm will be taught in meditation and mindfulness three courses over a 7 week period. This group will also do meditation every day for 7 weeks. The other arm will have no intervention. This study will investigate if a 7 weeks course in meditation and mindfulness is a useful tool to reduce stress and the psychological consequences for women and their partner treated in RPL Unit in Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen. Furthermore this study will investigate if there's a marital benefit such as reinforcement in their relationsship from practicing meditation and mindfulness. There is no previous study that has investigated meditation and mindfulness for RPL. This study has the potential to establish mental health support as a supplement to the medical and clinical treatment for RPL patients.
Effects of PGS2.0 in Patients With Unexplained RPL
Recurrent Pregnancy LossInfertility1 more50%-60% of the known causes of recurrent pregnancy loss(RPL) are associated with embryonic aneuploidy, such that preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) on embryos acquired by assisted reproductive treatment should improve the rate of pregnancy and live birth in those patients. In dispute though the clinical application of PGS has been, a series of studies show that the new generation of PGS(PGS 2.0), based on blastocyst biopsy followed by whole genome analysis, has significantly improved the clinical outcome of IVF treatment. At present, there is still a need for the evidence of the use of PGS 2.0 in RPL patients, who may benefit from this emerging technology considering the prevalence of genetic abnormalities and the number of transferable embryos in this population. An earlier single center RCT conducted by our IVF center displayed higher implantation rate, clinical pregnancy rate and ongoing pregnancy rate calculated by per embryo transfer(ET) cycle in IVF/ICSI+PGS group compared with IVF/ICSI group. This multi-center prospective randomized clinical trial is to provide more data to determine whether the clinical outcomes are significantly improved per treatment cycle such that provide evidence for the application of PGS in RPL patients. Besides, risk factors of PGS outcome are to be analyzed from multi-center data to build a model for prediction of the possible outcomes of PGS and direction of the clinical choice.
Comparing the Effect of Vaginal Misoprostol With Dinoprostone in Term Pregnancies
PreeclampsiaFetal Death2 moreHypothesis (H0): Labor duration and obstetric complications are not significantly different in the three groups (misoprostol-dinoprostone-oxytocin).
Recurrent Pregnancy Loss and Thyroid Disease
Recurrent Pregnancy LossThe present study is divided into two groups ,one is the patients with subclinical hypothyroidism who has TPO antibody positive women with TSH concentrations > 2.5 mU/L and below the upper limit of the pregnancy specific reference range ,another is TPO antibody negative with TSH concentrations greater than the pregnancy specific reference range and below 10.0 mU/L.The two groups are randomized into either the LT4 treatment group or control group by the use of a computer-generated list. The aim of our study is to determine whether the use of levothyroxine is beneficial in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism in two groups。
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Levels at Hysteroscopic Biopsies Which Taken From Recurrent Pregnancy...
Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Without Current PregnancyThe aim of this study is determine vascular endothelial growth factor levels and angiogenesis/vascularity from hysteroscopic endometrial biopsies which taken from patients who has Recurrent Pregnancy Loss.The endometrial vascular endothelial growth factor levels will be measured by immunohistochemical staining methods due to office hysteroscopic endometrial biopsy after the menstruation at follicular phase of menstrual cycle.
Evaluation of Apelin-13 and Apelin-36 in Women With Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Recurrent Pregnancy LossLower Apelin levels are associated with hypertensive disorders with pregnancy, yet no studies investigated its levels in recurrent pregnancy loss
Low Plasma Mannose Binding Lectin (p-MBL) Level is a Risk Factor for Recurrent Pregnancy Loss (RPL)...
Recurrent MiscarriageSpontaneous Abortion5 moreThe present study is based on the hypothesis, that recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is associated with abnormal plasma mannose binding lectin (p-MBL) level. Secondarily, p-MBL level may affect the reproductive and the perinatal outcome in the first pregnancy following RPL. Thus, the present study aim to examine whether MBL should be a biomarker for women at risk for RPL and, secondarily, affect the reproductive and perinatal outcome, and thereby help clinicians identify fragile women who need intensified perinatal care.
Evaluation of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Patients With Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Recurrent Pregnancy LossEndoplasmic Reticulum StressTo evaluate endoplasmic reticulum stress in women with recurrent pregnancy loss and those who had healthy births in the same age group. The level of the unfolded protein X box binding protein 1 (XBP-1) is measured. It is aimed to show the effect of endoplasmic reticulum stress on recurrent pregnancy loss.
B-vitamin Levels and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
Birth DefectPregnancy Loss7 moreThis prospective nested case-control study aims to examine the effects of blood vitamin B levels in first-trimester pregnant women on the pregnancy outcomes
Pharmacokinetics of Low Molecular Weight and Unfractionated Heparin in Pregnancy
Recurrent Pregnancy LossFetal Demise4 moreTo determine, through pharmacokinetic parameters, the ideal dosing protocol for dalteparin (a low molecular weight heparin) and unfractionated heparin for women desiring pregnancy who have evidence of an acquired (specifically, antiphospholipid syndrome) or inherited thrombophilia.