Can Ultrasound Replace Amniocentesis for Confirming Fetal Lung Maturation Among Premature Fetuses?

HaEmek Medical Center, Israel

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Fetal Lung Maturity

Treatments: Device: Ultrasound

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00720252

0029-08-EMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to measure prenatally with ultrasound the intratracheal flow volume displaced during breathing cycle in premature fetuses and to check whether a relationship exists between the inspired fluid and fetal lung maturation.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 48 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women delivering between 27 to 37 weeks.
• Women undergoing amniocentesis for determining fetal lung maturity between 27 to 37 weeks.

Exclusion criteria

• Major fetal malformation.
• Oligohydramnios or rupture of membranes diagnosed before 24 weeks of gestation.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 1 patient group

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Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Ultrasound