Alcohol Use During Pregnancy in Finland According to Meconium Samples (RASMEK21)

Hanna Kahila

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04918043

HUS/222/2021

Details and patient eligibility

About

Meconium samples are collected anonymously from newborns in Helsinki University Hospital maternity ward. The study tries to to find how many women continue to use alcohol during the second half of the pregnancy. Meconium samples are tested for ethylglucuronide (EtG), a metabolite of ethanol, that accumulates in the meconium. Altogether 1000 samples are taken. The sample results are compared to anonymously answered questionnaire about alcohol use.

Enrollment: 1,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 3 days old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• newborn baby

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

1,000 participants in 1 patient group

HUCS, NKL

Description:

Newborns and their mothers at the Helsinki University Central Hospital maternity ward.