Extended Criteria For Fetal Myelomeningocele Repair

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy; Fetal Anomaly; Obesity; Myelomeningocele; Pregnancy

Treatments: Procedure: Open Fetal Repair of Myelomeningocele

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02664207

HSC-MS-15-0795

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to offer pre-natal Myelomeningocele (MMC) repair surgery to pregnant women with one of the former surgery exclusion factors

• A BMI of 35-40 kg/m2
• Diabetes; patients will require good glycemic control
• History a previous preterm birth, as long as it was followed by a full term birth
• Structural abnormality in the fetus; abnormality must be minor, not increasing the risk of prematurity. For example cleft lip and palate, minor ventricular septal defect, pyelectasis.
• Maternal Rh alloimmunization. Must have a low level of anti-red blood cell antibody that is not associated with fetal disease, specifically anti-E < 1:4 or anti-M. Or alloimmunization with negative fetal red blood cell antigen status determined by amniocentesis.

We will be extending the Management of Myelomeningocele Study (MOMs) criteria by including these factors. Prenatal clinical and outcome information will be collected; safety and efficacy will be evaluated

Full description

The purpose of this study is to extend the MOMs requirements for pre-natal MMC repair surgery and evaluate safety and efficacy. This will be accomplished through prenatal and post-operative observation and data collection.

The data collected will be documented and collected from prenatal ultrasounds, operative, and delivery reports. We will share our preliminary data with NAFTNet in order to prompt a multicenter trial; this collaboration will help propagate further research and answer clinical questions regarding this extension in surgery criteria.

Enrollment: 12 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 16 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Any woman with a prenatal diagnoses of myelomeningocele.
• Pre-pregnancy BMI of 35-45 kg/m2.
• Diabetes; patients will require good glycemic control
• History a previous preterm birth, as long as it was followed by a full term birth
• Structural abnormality in the fetus; abnormality must be minor, not increasing the risk of prematurity. For example cleft lip and palate, minor ventricular septal defect, pyelectasis.
• Maternal Rh alloimmunization. Must have a low level of anti-red blood cell antibody that is not associated with fetal disease, specifically anti-E < 1:4 or anti-M. Or alloimmunization with negative fetal red blood cell antigen status determined by amniocentesis.
• same MOMs Trial inclusion criteria with the exception of the above.

Exclusion criteria

• poor glycemic control (i.e., HbA1c ≥ 8%) in spite a medical antidiabetic therapy in accordance with good clinical practice (GCP)
• presence of significant co-morbidities or complications (such as dyslipidemia, uncontrolled arterial hypertension, impaired renal function, neuropathy, retinopathy, CVD)
• severe diabetes complications or associated medical conditions (such as blindness, endstage renal failure, liver cirrhosis, malignancy, chronic congestive heart failure)
• recent (within preceding 12 months) myocardial infarction, stroke or TIA
• unstable angina pectoris
• same MOMs Trial exclusion criteria (with the exception of extended inclusion criteria)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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12 participants in 1 patient group

Fetal Surgery in Women with ex

Experimental group

Description:

Fetal myelomeningocele repair surgery will be offered to pregnant women meeting the criteria for surgery (as set by the MOMS trial) with the exception of the following: * a BMI greater than 35 (but less than or equal to 40 kg/m2) * (minor) Fetal structural abnormality * (well-controlled) Diabetes * Previous preterm delivery (followed by a full term delivery) * Maternal red cell alloimmunization (must NOT be associated with fetal disease, OR fetus must have negative red cell antigen status as determined by amniocentesis). Intervention: Open Fetal Repair of Myelomeningocele

Treatment:

Procedure: Open Fetal Repair of Myelomeningocele